First Critical Illness Product
Critical illness insurance was founded by Dr Marius Barnard, with the first critical illness product being launched on the 6th of October 1983 in South Africa, under the name dread disease insurance.
Since 1983, the cover has been accepted into many insurance markets around the world. Other names of the insurance cover include: trauma insurance, serious illness insurance and living assurance.
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