Critical Illness Insurance will pay a cash lump sum if you are diagnosed with a specified critical illness, typical policies cover around 20 illnesses including cancer, heart attack and stroke.  Some policies will also offer lump sums for fractured or broken bones.

Individual providers' key features documents will list specific illnesses covered and not all providers use the same defenitions for each illness.

To protect you and your family it is important you take out the right sort of protection and this needs the right sort of advice, please contact us to arrange an appointment for an adviser to discuss your situation. Alternatively you can quote online for critical illness insurance. Select "Death or earlier critical illness" from the drop down menu.