Tips for Buying a Critical Illness Insurance Plan

A critical Illness is a life-threatening disease that disables you from performing your normal occupation. Various studies have revealed that the incidence of Critical Illnesses have increased manifold. Reasons are many, and these include stress, a sedentary lifestyle, junk food, lack of physical exercise and so on. Nevertheless the fact is that along with the incidence rates, also increasing are the costs of treatment. It makes eminent sense to purchase a Critical Illness (CI) cover from an Insurance Company. Which Illnesses are Critical In India, Critical Illness covers are sold as stand-alone policies by General Insurance companies and as add-on covers (riders) by Insurance companies. This means that if you wish to buy a Critical Illness cover from a life company, you must have an existing life policy with them. Most companies (Life or General) cover at least the top 6 Critical Illnesses: First Heart Attack Stroke (Cardio Vascular Accident or CVA) Cancer Kidney Failure Ma...