| Company & Name of Plan |
Eagle Star Life & Serious Illness - GTP Plan |
Canada Life Flexible Term Plan |
Friends First Life Protector (Guaranteed) |
Hibernian Life Mastercover |
Irish Life Life Cash Cover |
New Ireland Term Assurance Plan |
Bank of Ireland Life Life Care |
Ark Life AIB Lifeline Specific Illness Plan |
| Specified Illness | ||||||||
| AIDS/HIV as a result of blood transfusion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AIDS/HIV as a result of accidental occupational infection* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AIDS/HIV as a result of physical assault | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aorta Graft Surgery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aplastic Anaemia | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Bacterial Meningitis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Children covered only | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Balloon Valvulastomy | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Benign Brain Tumour | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blindness (permanent and total loss of vision | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cancer (invasive cancers) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cardiomyopathy | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Coma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Coronary Artery Disease requiring surgery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Coronary Catheter Treatment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Dementia (including Alzheimer's Disease | Yes | Alzheimer's Disease only | Alzheimer's Disease only | Yes | Alzheimer's Disease only | Alzheimer's Disease only | Alzheimer's Disease only | Alzheimer's Disease only |
| Emphysema (severe) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Encephalitis | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Heart Attack | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Heart Valve & Structural Surgery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Kidney Failure (end stage) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liver Failure (end stage) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Loss of Hearing (permanent & Total) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes to age 65 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Loss of independent Existence | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Loss of speech (permanent & total) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Loss of two or more limbs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Major Head Trauma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Major Organ Transplantation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Motor Neurone Disease | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Sclerosis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Muscular Dystrophy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Paralysis (two or more limbs) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Parkinson's Disease (idopathic) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Permanent Total Disablement (based on activities of daily work) | Yes | Yes | Optional | Yes | No | Optional | No | Yes |
| Pulmonary Artery Surgery | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis (severe) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Severe Burns (third degree) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stroke | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Terminal Illness | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Guaranteed Insurability | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes on life cover only | No |
Important Notes:
Source: Eagle Star for eagle Star's list of illnesses. Website information for Irish Life, Friends First, Hibernian Life and Pensions, Bank of Ireland Life, Ark Life. AdviserPlus Document Store for Canada Life and New Ireland.
* Certain occupations