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What is Critical illness insurance?

What is Critical illness insurance?

Critical illness provides a lump sum cash payment in the event that the policyholder is diagnosed with one or more specific illnesses on a predetermined list as part of an insurance policy. The policy may require the policyholder to survive a minimum number of days (the survival period) from when the illness was first diagnosed.

Conditions covered

The schedule of insured illnesses varies between insurance companies but typically, four conditions are covered by the policy, heart attack, cancer, stroke and coronary artery by-pass surgery.
Examples of other conditions that might be covered include:
  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Aortic surgery
  • Aplastic anaemia
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Benign brain tumour
  • Blindness
  • Cancer (life-threatening)
  • Coma
  • Coronary artery- bypass surgery
  • Deafness
  • Heart attack
  • Heart valve replacement
  • Kidney failure
  • Loss of independent existence
  • Loss of limbs
  • Loss of speech
  • Major organ transplant
  • Major organ failure on waiting list
  • Motor neuron disease
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Occupational HIV infection
  • Paralysis
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Severe burns
  • Stroke (Cerebrovascular accident)
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