Scottish Equitable Protect says it will allow angioplasty to remain covered by its critical illness policies, despite changes by rival firms to remove the common treatment from its list of those sparking payouts.
A guide entitled Helping you understand angioplastyhas been created by Scottish Equitable Protect for financial advisers to better explain the facts about angioplasty, how it is dealt with by underwriters and the impact it has had on protection policies in part because advances of medical science now seen angioplasty used as a regular treatment for coronary heart disease. Although there are around 39,000 heart attacks a year, the 90% success rate of angioplasties and its subsequent reduction of complicated and expensive heart bypass surgery has forced some reinsurers and protection provi...
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