SunLife enhances heart attack definition under critical illness

Scott Sinclair
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SunLife has announced changes to its critical illness cover (CIC) in line with updated best practice published a year ago by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

SunLife said though its cancer and stroke definitions will remain ABI standard, its definition for heart attack is now ABI+. In December last year, the ABI announced its statement for best practice in CIC "brings the heart attack definition in line with clinical practice". SunLife's new heart attack definition requires a "rise of biochemical cardiac specific markers", which it said it hoped would be more "straightforward" for claimants. SunLife protection director Mark Jones said: "We have enhanced our heart attack definition to make it a little easier for customers to claim for He...

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