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Critical Illness

- Provides financial protection for your client and their family if they suffer a critical illness.
Here are some of the features of our critical illness cover.

  • Only available as an option with Mortgage Life Insurance (Integrated and Independent) and Term Assurance (Integrated only).

  • Once clients select a plan with the critical illness option, they can choose the level of cover and plan term they want. (subject to limits which depend on your clients circumstances)

  • Up to £2,000,000 worth of cover.

  • Automatic cover for your client's children under the children's critical illness benefit.

  • Critical illness cover pays out a lump sum if your client is diagnosed with a critical illness that meets out plan definition and the survives for at least 14 days. We only cover the critical illnesses we define in our plan and no others.

 

For further information please see the Guide to Critical Illness.

Here are some of the facts you need to know about our Critical Illness cover as an option on Term Assurance.

CriteriaMin/MaxDetailsNotes
Critical Illness Plan (as an option on Term Assurance)Min Age16

If your client chooses guaranteed premiums, the plan must end before the client's 76th birthday. The maximum term of the plan is 40 years.


If your client chooses reviewable premiums, the plan must end before the client’s 91st birthday. The maximum term of the plan is 50 years.

 

Max Age at entry59
Max Cover£2,000,000 

This includes any other Critical Illness cover that your client may already have with Aviva and/or any other provider.

 

If the cash sum is paid upon diagnoisis of a Critical Illness, no futher benefit is payable on diagnosis of a terminal illness or on death.

 

Your client's children are automatically covered under the children's critical illness benefit.

 

Conditions covered  For information on the conditions covered please see our Guide to Critical Illness.

 

Here are some of the facts you need to know about Critical Illness cover as an option on Mortgage Life Insurance.

 

CriteriaMin/MaxDetailsNotes
Critical Illness Plan (as an option on Mortgage Life Insurance)

 Min Age

 

16 

If your client chooses guaranteed premiums, the plan must end before the client's 76th birthday. The maximum term of the plan is 40 years.


If your client chooses reviewable premiums, the plan must end before the client's 76th birthday. The maximum term of the plan is 40 years.

Max Age at entry 59
Max Cover £2,000,000

 

This includes any other Critical Illness cover that your client may already have with Aviva and/or any other provider.


Where independent Critical Illness is selected, if the cash sum is paid on diagnosis of a critical illness, the life cover will continue and will pay a cash sum on terminal illness or death.

 

Where integrated Critical Illness is selected, if the cash sum is paid upon diagnosis of a critical illness, no further benefit is payable on diagnosis of a terminal illness or on death.

 

Your client’s children are automatically covered under the children’s critical illness benefit.

 

Conditions covered  For information on the conditions covered please see our Guide to Critical Illness

 

Here are the charges for our Critical Illness cover.

Critical Illness cover is a paid-for option within the plan selected by your client. There will be no additional charges to the plan if Critical Illness is selected as an option. All charges for our critical illness cover are included within a client's premiums.

 

Here is some information to help you decide if our Critical Illness cover is right for your client.

 Designed for clients who Not designed for clients who
  • Want to receive a set lump sum on diagnosis of a critical illness specific in the plan
  • Want cover for a specific period of time
  • Want to replace an income
  • Want to protect against IHT
  • Want protection for whole of life
  • Want an investment-linked arrangement
  • Want cash-in value
 Key considerations Possible alternatives
  • Level of cover required
  • Existing levels of cover
  • State of health
  • Financial liability assessment
  • Dependants
  • Conditions covered
  • Survival period
  • Trusts
  • Self insurance
  • Income Protection
Here are some examples of the support we offer you and your client on our Critical Illness cover.

  •  Quote / Illustrations online
  •  Apply Online
  •  Retrieve quotes and applications
  •  New business tracking

 
We have a wide range of support staff available to help you, click here to find the right number that meets your needs.

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