Life insurance
✓ Pays your loved ones a lump sum when you pass away
✓ 5 Star Defaqto Rated life cover
✓ Discounts and rewards for healthy living.
What is life insurance?
Life insurance, or life cover, is an insurance policy that pays out a lump sum to your loved ones when you die. There's no restrictions on how they can use the money. It can help them cover things like debt repayments and funeral costs.Our cover gives you peace of mind that your family will be supported after you’re gone, but benefits you, too. You'll get discounts on leading brands to help you live a healthy life, and rewards for getting active.
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5 Star Defaqto Rated life cover
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Discounts and rewards for healthy living
Plus, with a qualifying plan you could get the Apple Watch deal.
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Do you need life insurance?
Life insurance is a good idea if you want to ease the impact your death could have on your loved ones. Most people choose to buy it at key life stages, like:
What are the different types of life insurance?
The most popular and cheaper of the two is term life insurance, which covers you for between five and 70 years. If you pass away within the policy term, your loved ones receive a lump sum.
If you’re buying a home, you can get term life insurance to cover your mortgage. If you die before it’s paid it off, the policy pays off the remaining amount. So your family can keep their home and not have to worry about the repayments.
Whole of life insurance lasts your whole life so your family get a guaranteed lump sum. The policy ends when you pass away, so the monthly premiums are more expensive.
How much life insurance do you need?
- Is left to pay on your mortgage
- Other debt you need to pay off
- Money you’d need for childcare or education
- Money your family may need to cover your funeral. In the UK, the average funeral costs £3,989 (Royal London National Funeral Cost Index Report, 2019)
- You can afford to pay on life insurance premiums.
How does life insurance work?
- Decide on the type of policy you need
- Choose your cover amount
- Pay your monthly premium
- Claiming
- Payment
Choose between term life insurance or whole of life insurance.
This is the amount of money that your loved ones would receive as a lump sum.
A premium is the payment you make in exchange for your policy by a monthly Direct Debit.
When you pass away, your loved ones will make a claim with the insurance provider.
Once the claim is approved, they’ll receive a lump sum into their bank account.
How much does life insurance cost?
- Your height
- Your weight
- Any pre-existing health conditions you may have
- If you smoke
- If you're employed in a high-risk occupation e.g firefighter.
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What does life insurance cover?
What's covered?
✔Death
Your loved ones will get a lump sum when you die.
✔Terminal illness
If you’re diagnosed with a terminal illness with a life expectancy less than 12 months, you’ll receive the payout.
What's not covered?
✘Your policy has expired
If your life insurance policy expires and you haven’t claimed, it won’t pay out to your family when you pass away.
✘If you stop paying your premiums
If you don’t keep up with your payments, your cover stops.
✘You die as a result of suicide
If you take your own life, your family might not receive a payout.
How our life insurance claims process works
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Helpful guides
Need help understanding life insurance and your options? Read our top guides below or browse our full range of life guides.
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Term life insurance
Term life insurance gives you cover for a specific amount of time. You choose the term, and if you pass away during that term, your family receive a lump sum.
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Life insurance premiums
What are life insurance premiums, and how are they calculated? We answer your questions in our life insurance premiums guide.
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Whole of life insurance
Whole of life insurance covers you for your entire life. It guarantees a payout to your loved ones when you die or become terminally ill.
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Life insurance payouts
How do life insurance payouts work, and who gets your life insurance payout? Our guide answers all of your questions.