Category Archives: Income Protection

More Brits insure their phone and their pet, than take out critical illness cover

I know how much people love their pets (and how much it can cost to pay vet fees). I also know how much it costs to buy the latest mobile phone and so I understand why many of us choose to take out pet and phone insurance –18% of UK... Read More

One in four families have lost income due to ill health, serious illness or death

Figures revealed in a recent report by Aviva show that unexpected loss of income is sadly much more common than people might think - with 27% of people surveyed experiencing a loss of income due to ill health, serious illness or death, 11% experiencing long-term loss of income and 7%... Read More

Tony’s story: there’s no pressure financially to get back to work…

…” That’s been the most important thing; that I can recover from this properly.” Married with two young children, Tony from Hertfordshire had always considered himself a fit and healthy person who led an active and busy life. When he was diagnosed with a succession of chest infections in the... Read More

UK employees just one month from the breadline

Research from Legal & General’s ‘Deadline to Breadline’ has shown that on average UK employees could be on the breadline in just 32 days if they lost their main source of income – an extremely short period of time for someone to find a new job, but what if the... Read More

It won’t happen to me…

Every 2 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. Every 7 minutes someone in the UK will have a heart attack. Every 12 minutes someone in the UK will have a stroke. And yet so many of us are without a plan in place to help ourselves or... Read More

Have you got it covered?

One of the benefits of buying protection insurance (such as life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection) is peace of mind – but it’s not enough to simply have this kind of insurance – you need to have the right insurance. By right, we mean insurance that will cover... Read More

Today there are more female breadwinners, but almost half of women working in the UK are without protection insurance

The number of women in the workplace continues to rise and there are currently 14.53 million women working in the UK, the joint-highest level since records began in 1971. The growing importance of the female workforce is highlighted in new research from Aegon, which finds two in five (40%) of women... Read More

One in Five Workers Could Be ‘financially ruined’ If They Fall Ill

20% of UK workers ‘have no idea' how they would cope financially if ill health forced them to stop working for six months or more, according to recent Wealth and Protection Survey. This means millions of us working in Britain are financially vulnerable, without a back-up plan to... Read More

£10 Million Paid Out Every Day To Help Families Deal With Death, Serious Illness Or Injury

Overall, £3.6 billion was paid out in protection claims, according to the latest published figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI), which means that every day, insurers paid out more than £10m to help individuals and their families cope with the financial strains and worries that can be caused... Read More

Do You Rent? Are You Protected?

Almost 5 million people who rent their homes in the UK are at risk of being unable to pay their rent if they become too ill to work. Research conducted by YouGov has found that 27% of renters in paid employment said that they knew someone who had struggled in... Read More

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