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Critical Illness Cover

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Finding out you or a loved one has a serious illness is traumatic enough without having to cope with the financial implications. At Mortgage IQ we believe it is our duty of care to you to ensure you fully understand the options available to you to ensure financial protection for you and your family.

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Mortgage IQ Team
Mortgage IQ team

Last updated: 28 February 2022

What it does

Serious Illness and Critical Illness Insurance plans pay out a tax-free lump sum on the diagnosis of a range of serious (but not fatal) conditions including heart attack, stroke, cancer and major organ transplants plus many other conditions. The conditions covered will vary depending on the insurer.

Serious and Critical Illness Insurance often comes as an optional addition to a Life Insurance policy, but can also be purchased on its own. Policies usually only pay out once, so they don’t necessarily replace you regular income, but you can use the money towards medical treatment, your mortgage or anything else you choose.

Why you might need it

Many people buy Serious and Critical Illness Insurance when they take on a major commitment, like a mortgage, or start a family. However, since we’d all like to have our financial commitments lightened if we were to suffer a serious illness or injury, the cover is relevant for most of us at any time.

Replacing an existing critical illness policy

If you already have Critical Illness Insurance you should think carefully before you cancel your existing policy and take out a new one.

For example, if you’ve developed any illnesses since you first took out the policy, you may lose some of the benefits when you replace it. That’s because pre-existing medical conditions may not be covered by the new policy.

Recent advances in treatment of certain conditions, such as cancer may also have an effect, as a new policy might be more restrictive than an older one when it comes to paying claims for certain conditions.

Your Mortgage IQ Adviser will be able to quickly identify the issues and help you make the right decision about your Critical Illness Insurance.

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