Underlying causes of death also varied quite considerably by gender in 2020. While cancer was the main cause of death for both men and women, men were more likely to die due to cardiovascular-related disease, while more women proportionally died from neurological conditions like dementia. Breakdown of Life Cover claims in 2020 Unnatural Death 9% 22% 11% 10% 8% 4% 2% 2% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 53% 9% 9% 10% 7% 4% 5% 2% 1% Oldest claimant 98 years old (Road traffic accident) Youngest adult claimant 21 years old (Death by misadventure) Highest payout £8,435,000 Totalpayout £61,948,000 32% Stroke and Nervous System Cancer COVID-19 Respiratory Heart and artery Urogenital and Kidney Gastrointestinal Other 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Our claimants covered a broad spectrum of ages and demographics 40% 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 60% 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0