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Company to Offer Standard Rate Life Insurance to Cancer Survivors

...The Hartford plans to announce Monday that it will offer insurance at standard rates to men 60 and older who have been surgically treated for moderate levels of In the past, men had to wait up to three years following treatment to qualify for life insurance coverage and would have paid significantly more over five years.

The underwriting program is similar to what The Hartford announced in October 2005 for women with breast cancer and is part of an effort to improve life insurance availability for some cancer survivors, the insurer said.

Nearly two-thirds of those diagnosed with Some cases of the cancer are not detected early and are not treated surgically, but as many as 50,000 men each year have As many as 250,000 men diagnosed with (Story continues below) ADVERTISEMENTS Advertise Here In addition to helping men who have been treated for the illness, the policy is expected to be a positive business move, Kalen said.

A 60-year-old man who successfully undergoes surgery for If he is a nonsmoker and applies f...

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