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Critical Illness Insurance The Non-Disclosure Problem
Expert Author: Michael Challiner | Category: Critical Illness Insurance
If you're in the unfortunate position of having to make a claim on your critical illness insurance policy, the last thing you want is insensitive hassle or apparent non co-operation from your insurer. But according to numerous newspaper articles, that's precisely what's happening. The core problem is that before they'll pay out, the insurer will always want to make exhaustive enquiries about your past health record.
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