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Aviva paid 92.5% of critical illness (CI) claims during the first six months of the year.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) this week revealed that nine in every ten claims made under a critical illness (CI) policy in 2010 was paid by the insurer.

Critical illness (CI) and life insurance claims payments reached almost £2bn last year, according to figures published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Scottish Provident paid 91% of critical illness (CI) claims during the first half of the year.

LV= paid 93% of its income protection (IP) and critical illness (CI) claims in the year to the end of June.

Universal Provident has become the first private medical insurance (PMI) provider to release details of its paid claims.

Legal & General has revealed it paid £31.3m in group income protection (GIP) claims last year with 60% of people returning to work in less than six months.

Legal & General has paid increased combined death and critical illness claims for the fifth year running.

Scottish Widows has paid £1.15bn in life and critical illness (CI) claims since January 2000 equating to over £2m each week.

Aviva paid almost 95% of critical illness (CI) claims and 99.6% of those resulting from death last year.