Association of British Insurers
7 publications cited on 33 pages across The Health Guide.
Protection insurers paid £7.84bn in 2025
Accessed 15 September 2026 · as reported by Cover Magazine (secondary source)
- Diabetes and insurance cover: type 1, type 2 and underwriting — Guide
- Do critical illness policies pay out? — Guide
- Do income protection policies pay out? — Guide
- Endometriosis, fibroids, PCOS and insurance cover — Guide
- Epilepsy and insurance cover — Guide
- Heart conditions and insurance: cover, underwriting and claims — Guide
- High blood pressure and insurance: how underwriters treat it — Guide
- How much does income protection cost in the UK? — Guide
- Insurance after a heart attack: what you can still get — Guide
- Menopause and insurance cover — Guide
- Neurological conditions and insurance cover — Guide
- Stroke, TIA and insurance cover — Guide
- Weight, cholesterol and insurance underwriting — Guide
- What is business protection, and which businesses need it? — Guide
- What is critical illness cover, and how does it work in the UK? — Guide
- What is income protection insurance, and how does it work in the UK? — Guide
Protection insurers pay out £7.84 billion to help customers safeguard their finances
29 June 2026 · primary source
- Can you get critical illness cover without life insurance? — Guide
- Critical illness cover: what is it and why might you need it? — Guide
- Do critical illness policies pay out? — Guide
- Do income protection policies pay out? — Guide
- Do life insurance policies actually pay out? — Guide
- Is critical illness cover worth it? — Guide
- Is income protection worth it? — Guide
- What is income protection insurance, and how does it work in the UK? — Guide
- What is life insurance, and how does it work in the UK? — Guide
Insurers paid £8bn in protection claims in 2024
Accessed 15 September 2026 · as reported by Cover Magazine (secondary source)
- Critical illness cover: what is it and why might you need it? — Guide
- Do critical illness policies pay out? — Guide
- Do income protection policies pay out? — Guide
- How much does critical illness cover cost in the UK? — Guide
- How much does income protection cost in the UK? — Guide
- What is business protection, and which businesses need it? — Guide
- What is critical illness cover, and how does it work in the UK? — Guide
- What is income protection insurance, and how does it work in the UK? — Guide
Insurers process record £4bn across individual and workplace health schemes (2024 data)
21 January 2026 · primary source
£7.34bn paid out by protection insurers in 2023
Accessed 15 September 2026 · as reported by Cover Magazine (secondary source)
Guide to Minimum Standards for Critical Illness Cover
Published 16 September 2022, updated April 2023 · primary source
Record £4bn in claims processed by health insurers in 2024 — ABI
21 January 2026 · as reported by The Independent (secondary source)