12th May 2022
Practical Protection Podcast - S5 Ep 13 Huntington’s disease (50 minutes)
50 minutes CPD
Matt joins me in the co-host seat this week to talk about Huntington's disease, a genetic condition that lowers life expectancy and can be a very difficult diagnosis to come to terms with.
Unfortunately, a lot of people who have a diagnosis of Huntington’s will pass away within 20 years of diagnosis. It’s usually diagnosed between the ages of 30 and 50. This can limit options when it comes to finding protection insurance on the standard market and we delve into why.
We talk about genetic and predictive tests, what these are and what the insurer actually needs to know. This can be quite important when applying for protection insurance.
At Cura we have helped a number of clients with Huntington’s and clients with a family medical history of the disease. I talk through case studies for two of these clients.