During this year's Multiple Sclerosis (MS) week, the MS Society and brokers Heath Lambert Group are teaming up to launch better insurance cover for MS sufferers.
They have had extensive discussions to determine what MS patients need, including a neurology specialist informing insurers about the condition so they can make educated underwriting decisions.
Now, MS sufferers and their carers can access a range of financial services and tailored insurance products through MS Society Insurance Services.
An MS Society spokesman explained the significance of this move: "For years, some parts of the life insurance industry have taken their facts about MS from old and misleading data. It's meant lots of people have been turned down unfairly.
"And with other policies like travel and contents insurance, there are many things people pay for in surcharges, when some of those can be provided almost as standard. It was time to try to get a better deal for people with MS."
