Stomach Cancer & Life Insurance
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Stomach Cancer & Life Insurance
Being diagnosed with cancer is often and shock and it is quite common to think about your financial security. You may want to start thinking about life insurance.
The best life insurance policies often need you to give detailed information about your medical history, including your cancer. We understand that discussing your cancer can be difficult, and our advisers are trained to support you through this process.
To get things started we will ask you:
- When were you diagnosed with stomach cancer?
- How many times have you had stomach cancer?
- What was the stage of the cancer?
- What was the grade of the cancer?
- What treatment did you undergo (e.g. chemotherapy or radiotherapy)?
- Are you fully recovered and free of treatment?
- When did you last receive treatment?
We need to ask you these questions as each of them will help us select the most suitable insurer and life insurance policy for you.
If your stomach cancer was detected and treated in its early stages, you might be eligible for life insurance under normal terms, depending upon how long ago you received your diagnosis and ended your treatment.
However, as stomach cancer is often not diagnosed until the later stages, many people require intensive treatments and possibly surgery. For people who have had higher staging stomach cancer it is likely that insurers will want to see a number of years before they can consider your application. That’s not a definite so it is always worth checking, but it’s likely that your premiums for life insurance will be increased due to you having had stomach cancer.
You may find that some insurers might not accept your application, the key bit here is ‘some’ insurers, not all of them.
Our expert advisers are to make sure that your life insurance policy is placed with the best insurer for you.
Stomach Cancer & Critical Illness Cover
Critical illness cover pays out a cash lump sum of money, if you are diagnosed with a medical condition that is listed in the insurer’s claims set e.g. cancer, heart attack, stroke.
You may be able to get critical illness cover, but it’s likely that the policy will come with certain exclusions.
These exclusions could specifically target stomach cancer or it could be a full cancer exclusion. A full cancer exclusion is a big exclusion to have on critical illness cover, so it’s crucial to find out if this policy suits your needs.
Our award winning advisers are here to make sure that you get the right insurer to match you and your health.
Stomach Cancer & Income Protection
Income protection pays you a replacement of your monthly income, if you are unable to work due to ill health.
You might be able to get income protection after having stomach cancer, once a few years have passed since your diagnosis and any intense treatment has ended.
Your options for income protection will depend on the staging and grading of the stomach cancer you had. If you are currently working reduced hours while recovering, this could also influence the most suitable insurance and insurer for you.
Our advisers are here to make sure that you get the best insurance policy to protect your income.
Stomach Cancer & Travel Insurance
Are you going on holiday? When you have had stomach cancer, it is important that you know what your travel insurance covers you for. It’s always a good idea to make sure that you have good travel insurance in place. You can find out more about getting a quote on our travel insurance page.
What is Stomach Cancer?
Stomach Cancer (also known as Gastric Cancer) is where abnormal cells are found anywhere in the stomach. These cells can divide and grow in the digestive system; this system is responsible for storing and breaking down food for our body to absorb. Stomach cancer is more common in men than in women, but the good news is that the amount of new diagnoses are decreasing.
Also: Gastric Cancer
Linked with: Cancer
Possible Effects on Lifestyle
Some of the symptoms people may experience having had stomach cancer:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Eating little and often – making changes to your diet
- Indigestion
- Weight loss
Medications and Treatments
- Chemotherapy
- Chemoradiotherapy
- Endoscopic mucosal resection / Endoscopic submucosal dissection
- Gastrectomy (partial or total)
- Immunotherapy
- Radiotherapy
Further Reading and Research
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Common Questions
Hi, thank you for getting in touch. I’m sorry that this is what you are hearing when you have tried for life insurance. The right insurer for you will be based on quite a few things including the staging and grading of the cancer and the treatment that you had.
Let’s arrange a time to go through these details and I will be able to let you know the best insurer and life insurance product for you.
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