Axa has added to its critical illness product and introduced a client support service for all products within its protection account.
These are the first major protection product steps made by the provider after its purchase by Resolution and subsequent merger with Friends Provident . It is continuing the conditions race by making its cover for stroke ABI+ by removing the exclusion for traumatic injury to brain tissue or blood vessels, which means it now has 10 ABI+ definitions, while adding open heart surgery to its conditions covered, taking that total to 38.
Also, the provider has extended the number of countries now permitted in respect of critical illness claims and HIV cover to 44. It said this was to accommodate changing lifestyle trends as the number of people living or working abroad has risen.
The Care Consultants service provides all new protection account customers access to additional practical and emotional support following illness or death . The service is offered to the policyholder, their spouse or civil partner and their children up to the age of 21.




