Tracking changes

In May 2002 the Association of British Insurers (ABI) updated its best practice definitions for cancer claims under critical illness (CI) policies. The new definitions excluded: 'All tumours of the prostate unless histologically classified as having a Gleason score greater than six or have progressed to at least TNM classification T2N0M0.' As some policyholders have already been affected by these changes, there are two important questions that need to be addressed: • Is it reasonable to expect policyholders to understand the implications of the above exclusion on the validity of future cl...