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Survivorship Series - Surviving Heart Attack
By Steve Rowley May 17, 2016English
Heart attacks (myocardial infarctions) are the second most common cause of claim for Critical Illness insurance, yet there are differences of opinion on exactly what should be covered under a Critical Illness policy. Should these policies pay for other...
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Survivorship Series - Surviving Cancer
By Steve Rowley April 28, 2016English
Fifty years ago cancer was largely thought of as untreatable. The few treatments available had limited effectiveness and were difficult to tolerate for most patients. All of that began to change when President Nixon declared a war on cancer and signed...
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Survivorship Series - Why Living Benefits Are More Important Than Ever
By Steve Rowley March 27, 2016English
Dr. Marius Barnard drove development of the first Critical Illness policy in 1983 because he understood that after centuries of mortality improvement, death was no longer our greatest financial worry. Instead, his patients were often equally worried...
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Let Critical Illness Insurance Sell Itself
By Steve Rowley February 29, 2016English
Over the past few years we have published a number of blog entries designed to explain what Critical Illness Insurance is and how to manage the risk, and even suggested numerous ideas for selling Critical Illness coverage. We’ve even met with...
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Zika Virus - A Public Health Emergency of International Concern
By Ross Campbell February 08, 2016English
The mosquito-borne Zika virus could infect an estimated 4 million people across the Americas this year, according to the WHO. The first local transmissions in South America were identified in May 2015, and since then cases have been reported in more...
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It’s World Cancer Day - A Look at Advances in Cancer Diagnostics and What That Means for CI Insurers
By Karin Brendel February 03, 2016English Deutsch
The headlines proclaiming the availability of “simple new blood tests” to diagnose tumours show how advances in the field of cancer diagnostics have caught the media’s attention recently. These emerging techniques could have big implications...
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