is an insurance product whereby the insurer is contracted to make a lump sum cash payment if the policy holder is diagnosed with one of the specific life threatening illnesses on a predetermined list.  The policy may also be structured to pay regular income.  Policies may require the policy holders to survive a minimum amount of days after first di [..]

An insurance policy that pays you a lump sum benefit (up to a maximum and subject to exclusions, limitations, waiting periods, and pre-existing conditions) upon diagnosis of a covered critical illness [..]

Pays a lump sum benefit on the diagnosis of a specified critical illness, usually following a specified survival period such as 30 days. The benefit is intended to help offset the costs associated wit [..]

Pays a lump sum either when you are first diagnosed with a critical illness covered by the policy, or after first having a type of surgery covered by the policy.

A type of individual health insurance that pays a benefit when the insured is diagnosed with a specified illness.

Insurance protection designed to provide a lump-sum payment equal to the full value of the policy or a percentage of the policy depending upon the product design, to the insured/policy owner upon the diagnosis of a covered critical illness.  Typical illnesses covered include heart attack, stroke, cancer, paralysis, renal failure and Alzheimer' [..]