Critical Illness

Which way now?

Just how clear is the future for critical illness? Steve Casey outlines the factors contributing to the product's future

Case study

Ruth is an HR manager for a brewery in Glasgow that employs 149 people. Having attended a conference on employee benefits, she is now looking to take out some form of staff protection which she hopes will act as an incentive when hiring new employees....

Plodding along

Slow and steady may win the race, but group CI has a long way to go before it can contemplate overtaking other products in the group market, let alone individual CI, explains Edward Murray Click here to download pdf (PDF, 2.4MB)

Future-proof

From its conception by Dr Marius Barnard to its current incarnation, critical illness cover has changed dramatically. Bonnie Burns reports on how the product must continue to move with the times.

Bearing fruit

While the individual sector has filled column inches recently for not selling as well as expected, the group critical illness market has shown signs of growth. Lucy Quinton reports Click here to download pdf

Malady makers

With critical illness insurers covering nearly 40 different conditions, Johanna Gornitzki questions whether any of these illnesses should be scrapped

Hit the books

Growth in the group CI market is patchy, and in the absence of real product development it is down to advisers to help drive the market forward, writes Georgina Kenyon Click here to download pdf

Critical conditions

The ABI critical illness (CI) working party has released its new Statement of Best Practice - here its chairman, Nick Kirwan, answers questions on what it contains and the future of CI

Finding the path

With the current definitions for critical illness set to change, Nick Telfer asks which way now for the CI market?