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You can choose to add Critical Illness Cover to your Life Insurance policy to offer you extra protection as an optional extra. Critical illness cover.

Critical Illness Cover is designed to help provide financial assistance if you are diagnosed with a critical illness during the term of the policy. If you include Additional Critical Illness Cover on your policy the sum assured is a fixed amount which won’t decrease over time. The money is often used to help with medical expenses or to cover loss of income during this difficult time. We only cover the critical illnesses we define in our policy.

Below are just some of the critical illnesses we cover although they have conditions / exclusions that apply. You can view the list of conditions insured by our Critical Illness Cover in the Policy Summary (PDF, 267KB)

Cancer - excluding less advanced cases

Stroke - resulting in permanent symptoms

Coronary artery by-pass grafts - with surgery

Benign brain tumour - resulting in permanent symptoms

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Alzheimer's Disease before age 65 - resulting in permanent symptoms

Blindness - permanent and irreversible

Deafness - permanent and irreversible

Kidney failure - requiring permanent dialysis

Multiple sclerosis - with persisting symptoms

Parkinson's disease resulting in permanent symptoms

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Heart valve replacement or repair - with surgery

Coma - resulting in permanent symptoms

HIV infection - caught in the UK from a blood transfusion, a physical assault or at work in an eligible occupation

The following Extra Critical Illnesses will also be included if your policy includes a Critical Illness benefit. For these illnesses we will pay the lower of £20,000 or 20% of the critical illness sum assured.

These headings are only a guide to what is covered. The full definitions of the illnesses covered and the circumstances in which you can claim are given in the Policy Terms and Conditions (PDF, 222KB).

Low Grade Prostate Cancer

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Carcinoma of the breast - requiring surgery

Angioplasty - double vessel

Ulcerative Colitis - requiring surgery

Child Critical Illness Cover is not a standalone product and can only be added if you have our Life Insurance with Critical Illness Cover. This cover pays out 25% of your critical illness sum assured or £25,000 whichever is less. We will only pay one claim per child, but will cover multiple claims within your family.