A large life insurer recently released statistics showing the main conditions that have led to an income protection insurance policy claim. The main conditions and the percentages of claims from those conditions are shown below :
- Accident 16%
- Musculoskeletal 8%
- Mental Health 8%
- Cancer 6%
- Cardio-vascular 2%
- All other conditions 60%
Information supplied by CommInsure, a registered business name of The Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited ABN 12 004 021 809 AFSL 235035 (CMLA). CMLA is a wholly owned but non-guaranteed subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124. Current as at February 2019.