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AXA : AXA Protection Account - Life or Earlier Critical Illness Cover

 

Product profile

 

Description

Pays out a lump sum if you:
  • die
  • are diagnosed with a specified critical illness; or
  • are diagnosed as suffering from a terminal illness which is expected to cause death within 12 months of diagnosis and before the cover is due to end
   

For

Aged 18 to 64

Maximum amount payable

  • £1 million reviewable premium
  • £500,000 guaranteed premium

Critical Illnesses covered

  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Aorta graft surgery
  • Aplastic anaemia
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Benign brain tumour
  • Blindness
  • Cancer
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Coma
  • Coronary artery bypass surgery
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  • Deafness
  • Heart attack
  • Heart valve replacement or repair
  • HIV/AIDS from assault
  • HIV/AIDS from blood transfusion
  • HIV/AIDS from occupation
  • Kidney failure
  • Liver failure
  • Loss of independent existence
  • Loss of limbs
  • Loss of speech
  • Major organ transplant
  • Motor neurone disease
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Paralysis/Paraplegia
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Pre-senile dementia
  • Progressive supranuclear palsy
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Stroke
  • Terminal illness
  • Third degree burns

Not covered

  • Any illness not specified
  • Some forms of cancer

Period of cover

  • Minimum 5 years
  • Maximum 25 years guaranteed premium  40 years reviewable
  • Cover ends at age 70

Benefits

  • You choose the amount
  • Childrens's critical illness included
  • Life cover
  • Guaranteed insurability on specified life changing events
  • Accident Hospitalisation
  • Major surgery
  • No need to advise change of occupation
  • Helplines

Options

  • Level, five year reviewable or reducing benefit basis
  • Guaranteed or reviewable premium
  • Total and permanent disability 
  • Payment protection
  • Index-linking
 
Last updated: 4 February 2008