Monday, December 1, 2008

A Look At Critical Illness Insurance Life

By Jerremy Grey

Arranging insurance plans at a young age is hard to contemplate especially because we are living longer lives, but that does not mean we will not require protection, especially that afforded by critical health insurance. Providing financial peace of mind for your family by taking out protection for a mere few dollars each week, does not seem as important to most of us as having that luxury cup of coffee every day during lunch.

After many years of medical studies it is apparent the chances of a person contracting a critical illness during their life is quite high so insurance providers now handle policies like this every day.

The figures speak for themselves with around twenty percent of men diagnosed with a critical condition before they reach retirement. The studies only provide women with a little better chance with one in six having serious health problems by the time they stop work.

Insurance companies are of the opinion that because people do not believe it will happen to them or there is general ignorance about the subject that these could be the reasons why so few people arrange critical illness insurance for themselves. This type of policy is designed to protect those around you who you love but the primary reason why people organize critical illness cover is to ensure mortgage repayments do not lapse.

While over the last few years the amount of insurance policies arranged online has increased dramatically, not every type of policy was available but coverage for critical illness has now been added. However, this is an area which is still developing and even now, problems occur owing to the nature of the policy type trying to be arranged. The main reason for this is the requirement by insurance providers to have the applicant take a medical examination before they issue cover. A common complaint of insurance companies is that they are often insensitive to the plight of their customers and this is not the attitude you want if you are contacting them about your critical illness insurance policy.

Smokers are unfortunately treated as higher risk applicants; this includes anyone who has smoked within the previous year, and as a consequence they are placed in a high risk category. While smoking is considered a serious risk to a person's health, there are other considerations that are taken into account; for instance the work or pastime may be dangerous, you may be in poor health generally or age may be against you.

So although a person may be suffering with a terminal illness; critical illness insurance will ensure medical expenses, as well as living expenses are met. Anyone that cares about their family and what could happen to them in the event of a serious medical condition arising should take out this type of insurance if for no other reason than peace of mind.

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