http://lm360.us/Vrieze-neighbour-of-Beckton-from-Dvny?Strassell=225 the youngest claimant was aged 20, and the eldest aged 89, while the average policy duration at claim stage was 10 years. .derek and his wife, michelle, have three boys, ages 11, 16 and 17. .the total amount paid out in critical illness claims was £75.19m, with cancer accounting for 74 per cent of claims from women, mainly breast cancer, alongside 51 per cent from men. . .the obvious reason: their big-spending pharmaceutical advertisers would drop them like hot potatoes. .