Critical Illness Cover
(Also available as Mortgage/Decreasing Critical Illness cover)
Can be
purchased as a standalone policy or in conjunction with one of
the policy types above.
Critical Illness cover will pay you a lump sum
should you be diagnosed with any one of a wide range of critical
illnesses, the main three being Cancer, Stroke, Heart Attack. If you were to suffer from one of these
critical illnesses, chances are, if you do not die you will be unable
to work and enjoy the same kind of income, your existing commitments,
however, will still have to be met. Any other life cover you have in
place without this protection would only pay out if you were to die.
Mortgage/Decreasing
Critical Illness cover - with this type of cover the sum
assured will decrease roughly in line with the outstanding
amount on your repayment mortgage.