Critical Illness

The four year crude survival rate for head and neck cancers varies by over 30% depending on the type of cancer, an audit has found.

People are living longer but they are seeing more illness and disability in their older years, research published in the Lancet has found.

Canada Life has revealed details of its new individual term and critical illness products for the UK market.

CIExpert has described Canada Life's Critical Illness (CI) add on to its new individual life policies as 'a welcome addition to the market.'

Zurich UK paid 92% of critical illness (CI) claims made in the first half of 2015, and 82% of income protection claims, the insurer's claims statistics have revealed.

Older cancer patients are no less likely to refuse treatment than younger patients, but are less likely to receive treatment, research from Macmillan has found.

Aviva has enhanced definitions for seven critical illness conditions and added a new additional benefit, to increase the number of claims paid.

Swiss Re surveyed 13,000 people across 13 countries in Europe and the Middle East about financial security issues. The responses and findings are both impressive and alarming, says Russell Higginbotham

Aegon UK is offering a 5% discount on its standalone critical illness product until 15th October 2015.

Alan Lakey discusses why advisers should pay closer attention to the differences in children's cover offered by insurers