Critical Illness insurance On the Critical List?

Critical illness insurance cover can be an absolute God-send if you're unlucky enough to need it, but read on to make certain you get it right.

The point of critical illness insurance is that it pays out a tax free lump sum if critical illness is diagnosed. There's a lengthy list of illnesses which will be listed on the policy and which qualify as critical? The list commonly starts with cancer, heart attacks, strokes and major organ transplant but a great many other illnesses are normally covered. Over recent years the number of diseases covered by a typical policy has increased to more than 25.

There are some concerns regarding the number of claims which are rejected due to non-disclosure. This usually happens when the insurance company consider that the policyholder has failed to tell them something about a previous medical condition which they consider important. Rejection rates average around 25% as shown in the table below:-

Published rejection rates for critical insurance cover.

Insurance Company Percentage of critical illness claims rejected
Scottish Equitable Guardian 10%
Scottish Provident 11%
Scottish Widows 18%
Prudential 20%
Standard Life 20%
Skandia 21%
Bupa 21.5%
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