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The ABI's long-awaited review of the statement of best practice for critical illness (CI) cover has ...

The ABI's long-awaited review of the statement of best practice for critical illness (CI) cover has arrived but it hasn't received the warm welcome the working party was hoping for. The main bones of contention are around the two levels of cover for cancer and the concept of 'future-proofing', which is at the heart of the review process. Macmillan Cancer Relief has attacked the proposals as a move to make it more difficult for cancer sufferers to claim. Some advisers say that the concept of future proofing makes them uncomfortable as the definitions are not concrete and could change furth...

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