Critical Illness Articles

Critical Illness Insurance offers range of payouts for different illnesses

We get asked a lot of questions at critical illness insurance and we try to answer them all where we can. One of the most common questions at the moment relates to how partial payments work, as many policies are … Continue reading

Who created critical illness cover and why?

Here at critical illness insurance we get asked questions by email all the time, and every now and then we like to answer them publically, as we feel the answer to the question is important. This week we were asked … Continue reading

Growing number of critical illness insurance providers offering partial payouts

Here at critical illness insurance you’ll notice we often talk about partial payouts, but you may wonder exactly what they are. More and more critical illness insurance providers are now offering partial payouts, often to reflect the severity of the … Continue reading

Number of people making claims under the age of 55 grows

A new report has revealed that just under half of critical illness insurance claims are now made by those under the age of 55, as the importance of the protection becomes more and more evident. The research, which comes from … Continue reading

What will happen if I don’t have critical illness cover?

Critical illness cover provides customers with an insurance policy that will pay them a lump sum payment, or a percentage of that lump sum payment in the event that a customer is diagnosed with a critical illness and survives the … Continue reading

Why do I need critical illness cover?

Critical illness insurance provides customers with insurance that will pay out a lump sum payment if a customer is diagnosed with a critical illness and makes it through the survival period. Every insurance policy has a different survival period, which … Continue reading

Three in four families have no critical illness cover

The fourth edition of the Scottish Widows Protection Report has revealed that three our out every four families in the UK simply have no protection against critical illness in place, with many citing the condition of the economy and the … Continue reading

Critical illness insurance costs could rise in New Year

The cost of critical illness insurance policies could increase in the next few months as new government plans come into effect after this year’s budget. Critical illness insurance customers look set to be faced with a triple whammy of extra … Continue reading

Consider the cost of mums at home when taking out critical illness cover

When you think about taking out critical insurance policies like critical illness insurance, life insurance and income protection cover, it’s all too easy to think about the people who actually have an income and often the people in your family … Continue reading

Compare critical illness insurance policies online

The internet has been a huge success since its invention tens of years ago, but it’s only in the last ten years that the internet has really started to make a difference to the way we live. A recent survey … Continue reading