Critical Illness Insurance defined

December 1, 2015

Critical Illness Insurance is a plan contracted with a life insurer typically to make a lump sum cash payment if a policyholder is diagnosed with one of the critical illnesses listed in the insurance policy.

These policies can cover illnesses such as:

  • Cancer
  • Coronary Bypass
  • Heart Attack
  • Stroke
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Aortic Surgery
  • Benign Brain Tumour
  • Blindness
  • Coma
  • Deafness
  • Heart Valve Replacement
  • Kidney Failure
  • Loss of Limbs
  • Loss of Speech
  • Major Organ Transplantation
  • Major Organ Failure (on waiting list)
  • Motor Neuron Disease
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Occupational HIV Infection
  • Paralysis
  • Parkinson’s Disease

The policy may also pay out regular income to a policyholder undergoing a surgical procedure, such as having a heart bypass operation.

The policy may require the policyholder to survive a minimum number of days from when the illness was first diagnosed (usually 30 days).

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