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The articles section on CSM Expat Financial Planning's website offers comprehensive coverage on topics pertinent to expatriates and their financial planning needs.

The blog features detailed insights on personal financial protection, including life assurance, critical illness, and medical insurance. Investment-related content addresses global economic issues, investment trends, ESG factors, and the state of financial markets. The primary aim of these articles is to keep expatriates informed, enabling them to make well-informed financial planning decisions.

Brain injuries, chronic conditions and medical insurance

23 January 2025

In a heart-stopping moment that mirrored a traumatic event from seven years prior, a family's world was once again turned upside down by a sudden and devastating brain injury.

What began as a routine breakfast quickly transformed into a medical emergency, with the wife experiencing a complete loss of memory and awareness, her eyes wide with confusion and fear. This harrowing experience became a powerful testament to the critical importance of proactive medical insurance planning.

Navigating Life After A Cancer Diagnosis

06 December 2024

The world stops the moment you hear those words. "You have cancer." Those three syllables slice through your reality like a surgical blade, instantly fragmenting everything you thought you knew about your life, your future, and yourself.

A cancer diagnosis transforms life in an instant, shattering existing narratives and challenging one's deepest understanding of vulnerability, mortality, and human resilience.

This is a client journey of confronting the unexpected, where personal strength emerges from life's most profound challenges.

The Psychological Impact Of Prostate Cancer

07 June 2024

Imagine the psychological impact when a doctor informs a patient they have cancer. Just hearing the word can leave patients stunned, barely absorbing the rest of what the doctor says. For many, cancer is synonymous with death. Though it may not be life-ending, it is almost always life-changing.

No money to pay for cancer treatments

09 September 2019

A dying dad, aged just 38, is unable to acquire the drugs that could possibly save or double his life expectancy from the UK’s NHS.

This blog provides the background to Adams's thought provoking story and asks "should we as expats consider more carefully the role of critical illness insurance to ensure such funds are available?"

Tessie Sylvester, widowed the day she received cancer diagnosis, dies at 38

15 May 2019

Tessie Sylvester was calling the undertakers regarding her newly deceased husband. Then her Dr called advising she had cancer. “It doesn’t look good,” the Dr said.

Police Officer did not expect colon cancer at age 26

25 August 2018

At just 26-years-old Officer DePasquale said he “didn’t expect” to be handed a stage-four cancer diagnosis at his age, which came soon after starting a new job.

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