SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Marylandian -- In a major leap forward for consumer advocacy and financial literacy, a new tool has been launched to the public which demystifies the often-complex world of insurance benefits. The Critical Illness Claim Calculator is the first and only tool of its kind.

The calculator provides reliable clarity on the potential value of an insurance policy by demonstrating how much the insurance company should be paying for a claim.

Critical illness claim payouts are determined by a complex calculation done privately by the insurance company. Until now consumers could only trust they were getting fair offers – no longer. Now, everyone has access to the Calculator and its results.

Using the same methodology as insurers, the calculator evaluates the medical condition, life expectancy, calculation assumptions and policy facts to calculate fair value. This can be used to negotiate with the insurers and demonstrate why full value is owed.

"We realized there was a massive gap in the market. No other business or organization has ever provided a dedicated calculator specifically for critical illness claims. We built this to empower policyholders with the data they need to plan their financial future with confidence," said the developers behind the project.

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Until today, individuals diagnosed with life-altering conditions—such as cancer, heart attack, or stroke—were forced to wait weeks for insurance adjusters to provide opaque benefit offers. These offers don't include any details so there has been no way for a policy holder to know if the offer is fair or not.

"We expect our free calculator tool to substantially alter the amount insurers have been offering on critical illness claims."

The Critical Illness Claim Calculator eliminates any uncertainty by providing an easy-to-use tool that calculates estimated benefits that a policy holder can then use to compare against an insurer's claim offer.

The tool is completely free to use.

As the only resource of its kind, the Critical Illness Claim Calculator is set to become an essential asset for financial advisors, healthcare advocates, and, most importantly, the patients themselves.

The Free Critical Illness Claim Calculator can be accessed here.