{"id":1495,"date":"2023-02-27T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unusual-risks.co.uk\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2023-04-18T04:05:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T04:05:26","slug":"hiv-life-insurance-hiv-life-insurance-column-edition-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unusual-risks.co.uk\/?p=1495","title":{"rendered":"HIV LIFE INSURANCE & HIV LIFE ASSURANCE COLUMN – EDITION 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dedication, Passion, Knowledge & Experience – Part 1 By Chris Morgan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last two decades there have been many proud moments in my career as the UK’s only dedicated specialist Financial Adviser looking after people living with HIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been looking after people living with HIV for over 24 years in regards to their financial needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first decade 1999 – 2009 I was campaigning on behalf of the HIV community to secure Life Insurance products, as they didn’t exist at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was then part of the original industry working group that created HIV Life Insurance products in 2009 and I still continue to consult with the insurance industry on these matters every single week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 90% of the clients that I look after are living with HIV, which gives me a unique knowledge of the products available to them at any one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are some of the key milestones of my career between 1999 and 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005<\/strong> – Success in the removal of gay questions from Life Insurance Applications, which then led to the HIV & Life Insurance Consultation between 2005-2009. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009<\/strong> – Being part of the original working group that created and introduced HIV Life Insurance products in the UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/strong> – Co-writing the Updated ABI Consumer Guide for HIV and Life Insurance, which changed the way that HIV Positive consumers were treated by Life Insurers in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong> – Unusual Risks survey establishing that 56% of HIV Positive people were still being declined for Life Insurance, this was mainly due to significant other medical conditions. (Co-Risk)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/strong> – Success in the Introduction of the new Co-Risk HIV Life Insurance products, for people with HIV and other significant medical conditions <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is “Single Risk” HIV Life Insurance Cover?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where someone living with HIV applies Life Insurance cover and have only minor other medical conditions, such as high blood pressure, asthma, high cholesterol, stress, anxiety, depression – we are able to arrange this type of cover for people with the very best premiums and terms available in the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is “Co-Risk” HIV Life Insurance Cover?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where someone living with HIV applies for Life Insurance cover and they may have another significant medical condition on their medical history such as Diabetes, Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, Syphilis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These in the past would have almost certainly meant they would have been declined for cover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m very proud to have dedicated so far over 24 years of my career to creating change within the Life Insurance Industry and this latest news is the introduction of “Co-Risk Life Insurance”.<\/strong> We can now arrange this type of cover too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DECLINED FOR COVER?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if you were declined for cover by an insurer in the past this does not mean that your are uninsurable forever – we have a very good success rate at finding Life Insurance cover for people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are now able to insurer people with HIV who have also been diagnosed in the past with Diabetic Type 1, Diabetic Type 2, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, STIs, Syphilis, Anemia and many other medical conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If You Have Been<\/strong> Declined For Cover By Your Bank or Financial Adviser ? Things are now different and we are helping many people who were turned away in the past to find Life Insurance. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the pandemic we have been more determined than ever to make sure that everyone is able to access some form of Life Insurance. We believe it is a basic human right for people, to protect their mortgages, businesses, debts and families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who are Unusual Risks?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are the UK\u2019s leading specialists at placing HIV Life Insurance and HIV Life Assurance. Chris Morgan, our lead financial adviser, led a decade long campaign to secure Life Insurance for the HIV Community and has been advising the HIV Community for over twenty four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was responsible for the removal of the \u201cGay Question\u201d from Life Insurance policies in 2005 and was part of the working group that designed and introduced HIV life Insurance products in 2009. More recently, in 2017, Chris has co-written the Industry best practice and consumer guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently Chris is campaigning for equality with regards to Life Insurance, Income Protection and Critical Illness Cover for the HIV Community. He is a well known advocate, activist and campaigner on Insurance issues, who undertakes regular speaking engagements on HIV Insurance issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has recently succeeded in securing Co-Risk Life Insurance products for the HIV Community, which means that people who have been declined for cover for over two decades can now apply for Life Insurance Cover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unusual Risks Community Signposts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can<\/strong> read more about HIV Life Insurance & HIV Life Assurance Here at our useful guide \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HIV Insurance – Part 1 – The Unusual Risks Guide to HIV Life Insurance, HIV Life Assurance, HIV Mortgage Life Insurance, HIV Whole of Life Assurance<\/a><\/blockquote>