Critical Illness Insurance information

Also known as dread disease and designed to help protect you financially, by paying you a lump sum if you suffer from one of a number of specified illnesses.  Critical Illness Cover, usually covers:

• Heart attacks

• Cancer

• Strokes

• Major organ transplants

• Permanent 

• Total disability 

• Other life threatening diseases

However cover can vary from company to company, so it pays to check the fine print to see if it matches your requirements. 

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Tax free benefits can be used for any purpose for example:

• Paying off debts - such as the mortgage

• Being able to change to a less stressful job without worrying about the drop in income

• Adapting the house or car to accommodate a wheelchair

• Having a good holiday to recuperate

• Paying off school/university fees for the children

Not sure which option to take?  You might like to take a look at the information we have about family income benefit insurance cover.

Who should buy Critical Illness Cover?

Critical illness cover is not only useful for married people with children, couples and single people could also benefit from having critical illness cover to prevent hardship in an already stressful time.

When buying a mortgage, the company may offer you their own critical illness cover, but you should check out our free onlines quotes as, with lower overheads, we can usually beat any quote.  Critical Illness can also be bought as an add on to Term Life Insurance.