Life insurance helps give your family financial protection should you pass away within the policy term. It lets you leave a lump sum behind – helping your loved ones maintain their living standards or pay mortgage costs.
Take a moment to consider how much money your loved ones might need to maintain their living standards if you were to pass away or be diagnosed with a terminal illness. This might include costs such as bills, mortgage repayments, school fees and any other debts you might need to repay.
It’s an insurance policy that helps protect you if you become critically ill during the policy term. It pays out a tax-free lump sum that you can use however you like – whether that’s to help cover health-related costs, monthly expenses, or lost income while you get better.
No one knows what’s around the corner for your health, but you can make sure you’re prepared financially.
When you’re ill or injured and can’t work, our Income Protection Insurance is there to support you. It pays a proportion of your lost earnings so you can concentrate on looking after your health.
You should consider income protection if:
If you still have some unasnered questions regarding different types of protection, check out are most commonly asked questions, with expert answers.
To get an exact figure on what you could borrow, it’s best that you book an appointment to speak with an adviser, who, once understanding you circumstances can provide you with a bespoke mortgage calculation.
Mortgage life insurance can be used to help your loved ones pay off your mortgage if you die.
This type of life insurance is often sold as a decreasing-term policy so, as you gradually pay off your mortgage, your pay-out reduces over time. A mortgage life insurance claim typically pays out as a lump sum.
It’s designed to protect your loved ones if you die before your mortgage has been paid off. It will provide them with a lump sum so they can clear the mortgage debt and have one less financial burden at an already difficult time.
If you have life insurance, it’s a good idea to regularly review the cover to make sure it’s right for you and your current circumstances.
When you sign up for a policy, the extent of cover – how long it lasts, and how much it would pay out – is based on your financial situation and commitments at that time.
But these can change. Your life insurance policy needs to change as well to ensure your family is fully protected if the worst happens to you or your partner, so when moving home it’s important your cover still meets your needs.
It goes without saying that raising children can be expensive, so your income, or that of another household member, is often the only way to pay for the everyday costs that come with looking after a child.
If you or someone you rely on were to pass away, it would take its toll financially, in addition to the emotional stress. Life insurance is one way to have a safety net in place.
