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COVER UPGRADE PROMISE

WHEN LEE’S HEART
FAILED HIM
SO DID HIS INSURER

COVER UPGRADE PROMISE

It took a defibrillator to bring Lee back to life after a cardiac arrest. However, the policy Lee took out in 2007 refused to pay out. Apparently, his policy only covers heart attacks.

To make matters worse, in 2009 the insurer decided to include cardiac arrest in all new policies. But the improvement didn’t apply to existing customers like Lee.

So, he’s left with a pacemaker, medication for life and an outdated policy that let him down.

Lee is not alone

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CRITICAL ILLNESS PROVIDERS HAVE UPDATED THEIR POLICY DEFINITIONS SINCE 2018 WITHOUT UPGRADING EXISTING CUSTOMERS’ COVER.

Source: From 1 January 2018 to 3 April 2024, Cl Expert, April 2024.

THAT’S WHY, AT GUARDIAN, WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY

Every policy comes with a cover upgrade promise. Which means if we improve our critical illness definitions, we’ll apply the improvements to existing customers’ policies completely free.

So, if they have to make a claim, we check it against both the definitions they bought and the definitions for new customers. And we pay out if the claim is valid under either.

Occasionally, we may introduce improvements to our critical illness definitions that we won’t automatically upgrade for free. If this happens, we’ll offer existing customers the opportunity to pay to add these improvements to their cover.

Lee is a fictitious character, and his story has been created for illustrative purposes.

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