Chartis Direct: CancerCare Plan

Product profile

Description

Designed to take some of the financial and emotional pressure off you and your family when you really need a helping hand. Allows you to pay for unforeseen expenses, including things like extra heating to keep warm during and after treatment, transport to and from hospital, extra childcare and nutritional supplements relieving the financial burden - allowing you to focus on recovery.  

Age

18 to 69

Critical illnesses covered

• Carcinoma in situ in any part of the body other than the breast

• Skin cancer

• Any malignant tumour characterised by the uncontrolled growth and spread of malignant cells and invasion of tissue in a primary site

• Leukaemia

• Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

• Carcinoma-in-situ of the breast

• Malignant melanoma

Maximum amount payable

• £25,000 cash payout for invasive cancers with Standard cover or £1,000 for less invasive cancers that can usually be treated by day case surgery
• £50,000 cash payout for invasive cancers with Premier cover or £1,000 for less invasive cancers that can usually be treated by day case surgery
• £75,000 cash payout for invasive cancers with Premier Plus cover or £1,000 for less invasive cancers that can usually be treated by day case surgery
• £100,000 cash payout for invasive cancers with Platinum cover or £1,000 for less invasive cancers that can usually be treated by day case surgery

Benefits

• Guaranteed acceptance
• Cover regardless of your family's medical history
• Cash benefit on diagnosis
• Hospital benefit
• No medical needed
• No awkward health questions
• CancerCare Support Service
• Children under 18 covered for free as part of family cover
• 24/7 helpline

Options

• Standard or Premier or Premier Plus or Platinum

• Extra adults

Not covered

• Any illness not specified
• Any form of cancer not specified
• Pre-existing conditions
• Cancers already diagnosed
• Any tumours described as pre-malignant or non-invasive  

Note

• Not designed to replace your income
• Cover continues until 75
  

Last updated: 29 March 2011