Trauma cover – insurance you can’t afford to live without
Cancer, stroke and heart attack. When they hit, these conditions are physically, emotionally and financially draining.
The statistics are startling. Every ten minutes in Australia, someone has a stroke. 50,000 Australians suffer from heart attacks every year. One in three women and one in four men will be diagnosed with cancer*.
These aren’t just bare statistics: we all know someone personally who has been affected.
Most people survive these conditions, but it takes time and money to recover. Yet only one in four Australians have the right strategies in place to protect themselves financially.
What if it happened to you?
Trauma insurance – sometimes called recovery or critical illness cover – is designed to give you money when you need it most.
It pays you a lump sum on diagnosis of certain medical conditions such as:
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Trauma insurance enables you to focus on what’s important.
It provides a financial boost to help you and your family concentrate on your recovery, without worrying about how to meet the bills.
Some policies even provide cover specifically for children, so you can remain with them when they need you most.
With two out of three men and one out of three women likely to suffer a traumatic event during their working life, trauma insurance is a necessity not a luxury.
13 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed every hour this year* |
FACT: An estimated 13 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed every hour in Australia in 2010.*
FACT: 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer before the age of 85.*
FACT: More than 60% of cancer patients will survive more than 5 years after diagnosis.*
FACT: The most common cancers in Australia are prostate, bowel, breast, melanoma and lung cancer.*
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* www.cancer.org.au About Cancer – Facts and Figures |
It’s insurance you can’t afford to live without.
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* Australian Bureau of Statistics (2009) National Health Survey, Catalogue 4362.0
