Aviva pays out over £63m to CIC breast cancer claimants

The insurer stated that it paid out 63,464,230 to critical illness customers with breast cancer, with an average payment of more than £77,000, during 2020. In addition, it paid out an annual insured benefit of £1,370,939 to individual income protection customers with breast cancer, with an average payment of more than £20,000 annual benefit, last year. Aviva stated that Breast Cancer was "by far" the most common reason for critical illness claims among women, as 42% of all individual critical illness claims made by women were as a result of a breast cancer diagnosis. The insurer al...