Life & Critical Illness Blog

Critical Illness Cover Is It Worth It?

The term ‘critical illness cover is it worth it’ has 3,480,ooo competing pages on Google so clearly there is some debate as to whether or not it really is worth it. 
Critical Illness Insurance is still a relatively new type of insurance and was first introduced in South Africa in 1983.  The founder was Dr Marius Barnard.  [...]

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Skandia lowers cost of life and critical illness products – FT Adviser

Skandia lowers cost of life and critical illness products FT Adviser, UK - 22 Jan 2009 Skandia has announced it will reduce the price of its Protect range of life and critical illness products by an average of 17.5 per cent in early February. … Skandia cuts prices across protection range ifaonline.co.uk Skandia slashes price across protection range Health Insurance and Protection Magazine all 4 news articles

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Zurich pays out an extra £9m in critical illness claims – FT Adviser

Zurich pays out an extra £9m in critical illness claims FT Adviser, UK - 22 Jan 2009 Zurich paid out 6 per cent more critical illness claims during 2008 compared with the previous year, with the extra payouts totalling a further £9m. … Zurich reveals rise in critical illness claims Money News Zurich claims declined for non-disclosure down ifaonline.co.uk Zurich CI claims paid stats up again in 2008 Health Insurance and Protection Magazine all 7 news articles

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Life Insurance Terms Defined

If you’re like most people, reading an insurance policy can be downright confusing.  It’s not the easiest read in the world for me and I’m in the business.  Fortunately, all policies include definitions of the terms.  Unfortunately, the definitions are often written in “insurance speak,” so now you are left with terms and definitions you [...]

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Leadbay launches critical illness leads – Mortgage Strategy

Leadbay launches critical illness leads Mortgage Strategy, UK - 15 Jan 2009 Leadbay has launched critical illness leads as it looks to broaden its offering to mortgage brokers. Critical illness will now be an option with life …

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Life Insurance to fit your stage of life

According to the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE), life insurance should be considered at every stage of life – single, young family, established family and pre-retiree/retiree. Here is what they recommend for each stage of life:

Single people – the rule of thumb here is, if there are those who depend on [...]

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