Zurich is introducing a number of changes to its critical illness cover which apply to its Level Protection and Decreasing Mortgage Plan.

Guaranteed critical illness premiums will be reduced where an exclusion is applied for cancer or Multiple Sclerosis.
38. It is also improving a number of existing definitions.

The six new conditions now covered are cardiomyopathy encephalitis pulmonary artery surgery open heart surgery severe lung disease/respiratory failure and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Peter Hamilton, protection management director, Zurich UK Life said, “We keep our proposition under regular review