Heavy drinking could cancel life cover - Standard Life

While cancer accounted for of over half of claims between 16 November 2003 and 15 November 2004, findings suggest females under the age of 40 were more likely to make a claim on their critical illness policy, while men tended to aged between 41 and 60 and received more in the payouts. After cancer, the majority of claims in the event of death were as a result of heart disease, suicide and respiratory disease, and the average payout was found to be £48,200. Additional figures also reveal, however, Standard Life declined 20% of CI claims because they either were not considered a claimab...