HSBC Life pays out on 100% of prostate, testicular claims

Between January and September 2022

Hemma Visavadia
clock • 1 min read

HSBC Life UK has paid 100% of all prostate and testicular cancer claims received between the start of this year to September and highlighted the importance of regular check ups to advisers.

In some cases, a customer received a £9,300 payment after making a prostate cancer claim while another received £48,530 for testicular cancer claim, both paid within 24 hours. During Men's Health Awareness Month, the provider has urged advisers to make sure customers, particularly men, are aware of all available support offered as part of critical illness policies to help prevent health issues arising. The call to action follows statistics that at least one in eight men will get diagnosed with prostate cancer at some stage in their life, according to Prostate Cancer UK. According t...

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