What is the Difference Between Critical Illness Insurance and Terminal Illness insurance?    

 

Terminal Illness and Critical Illness cover are very different:

Terminal illness insurance only pays out you if you are diagnosed with an illness from which you are expected to die within a year.

Critical Illness insurance pays out if you are diagnosed with any one of a long list of critical illnesses included on the insurance company's list of insured illnesses and conditions.

To receive a payout on critical illness you must fulfill one of the folowing conditions:

  • be diagnosed as having a serious or chronic illness
  • be diagnosed with a terminal illness which is listed on your policy
  • require a specific type of operation which is listed on your policy
  • suffer from any condition or have an accident that totally and permanently prevents you from working

1 in 5 men and 1 in 6 women suffer a critical illness before their usual retirement age, so the chances of having a critical illness are quite substantial.

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