1 BUSINESS PROTECTION SETTING UP BUSINESS PROTECTION POLICIES CRITICAL ILLNESS COVER COMPETITOR COMPARISON THE MARKET AT A GLANCE. We believe our Critical Illness Cover offers a competitive alternative to other solutions available today. This guide provides a quick-reference feature-by-feature comparison of the Critical Illness market. This is not a consumer advertisement and should not be relied upon by private investors or any other persons for making financial decisions.
CRITICAL ILLNESS COVER Legal & General AEGON AIG Aviva Bright Grey Friends Life LV= Most Common Conditions Cancer ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI Heart attack ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Multiple sclerosis ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI Stroke ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Heart related conditions Aorta graft surgery ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Cardiac Arrest Cardiomyopathy Coronary artery by-pass grafts ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Heart valve replacement or repair ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Open heart surgery Primary pulmonary hypertension Neurological conditions Alzheimer s disease ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Benign brain tumour ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Dementia 1 1 Encephalitis Motor neurone disease ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Multiple system atrophy Parkinson s disease ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Progressive supranuclear palsy
Legal & General AEGON AIG Aviva Bright Grey Friends Life LV= Immune system conditions Aplastic anaemia Systemic lupus erythematosus Disease and infection Bacterial meningitis HIV infection ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Accident or disability Blindness ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Coma ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Deafness ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Loss of hands or feet ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Loss of speech Paralysis of limbs ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Removal of an eyeball Additional payment only Third degree burns ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Total and permanent disability 6 6 ABI+ 3,6 6 6 6 Traumatic brain injury Organ failure Kidney failure Liver failure Major organ transplant ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ ABI+ Respiratory failure Other Spinal Stroke Terminal illness ABI+ ABI+ ABI+
Legal & General AEGON AIG Aviva Bright Grey Friends Life LV= Additional payment conditions Ductal carcinoma in situ 25%/ 25,000 20%/ 20,000 4 12.5%/ 12,500 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 20%/ 15,000 25%/ 25,000 20%/ 15,000 Lobular carcinoma in situ 25%/ 25,000 20%/ 20,000 4 12.5%/ 12,500 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 20%/ 15,000 Low grade prostate cancer 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 25%/ 25,000 20%/ 15,000 25%/ 25,000 20%/ 15,000 Number of total additional payments included 2 11 8 11 10 9 8 20 4 18 12 Total conditions covered (including TPD) 42 54 48 57 54 49 64 45 65 58 Total ABI+ definitions 17 17 18 19 16 16 19 12 18 18 General Children s Critical Illness Cover 50%/ 25,000 50%/ 25,000 50%/ 25,000 50%/ 25,000 50%/ 20,000 50%/ 25,000 50%/ 25,000 50%/ 20,000 50%/ 25,000 50%/ 25,000 Claims notification period NONE ASAP ASAP NONE NONE ASAP ASAP 13 WEEKS ASAP 6 MONTHS Split sums assured (accelerated CIC) 5 Split sums assured (additional CIC) 5 General CIC exclusions 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 Source: company literature, correct as at November 2015. Legal & General accepts no responsibility for the way we have interpreted other provider s information. 1 Covered under Alzheimer s Disease. 2 30 consecutive days requiring mechanical ventilation. 3 ABI+ for suited occupation and work tasks definitions only. 4 Definition covers treatment by mastectomy only. 5 Split sums assured is defined as being able to provide different amounts of cover for term and CIC within the same application. Source: quotes from The Exchange. 6 Total & Permanent Disability is available on an optional basis. 7 Additional benefit of 5,000. 8 Less advanced cancers additional payment includes 20 in situ cancers..
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