
Life insurance offers financial protection for your client’s loved ones, with a lump-sum or monthly benefit paid if the life insured passes away while covered by the policy.
We offer single and joint life policies as the following options:
- Life Insurance (level cover)
- Decreasing Life Insurance
- Increasing Life Insurance
- Family and Personal Income Plan
- Increasing Family and Personal Income Plan
Reasons to recommend Life Insurance

Cover can be tailored to offer choice for different needs

Access to Wellbeing Support and Care Concierge included as standard

No claims cut-off periods
Key features and benefits
Fast underwriting decisions
80% of underwriting decisions receive an instant decision.
We’ll beat competitors
In some instances, you may be able to use Price Beater to get the best price for your client. Please see our Price Beater guide for more details.
Includes Accidental Death Benefit
Your client is covered while we process their application.
Waiver of Premium option
For an additional cost, your client won't have to pay their premium after 26 weeks if the person covered can't work due to illness or injury.
Terminal Illness Cover
Automatically included for all policies with terms of two years or more.
Advance payments for funeral costs
Families can receive an advance payment of up to £10,000 on a valid life insurance claim to help cover funeral costs, with payment made directly to the Funeral Director. Terms & conditions apply.
Product details
For full details, see key documents for the Policy Summary and Policy Terms and Conditions.
Life Insurance (level cover)
For full details, download the Product Profiles PDF: 905KB document
| Minimum cover |
No minimum cover amount. Driven by minimum premium. |
| Maximum cover |
If Critical Illness Cover or Critical Illness Extra is added, the maximum cover will be:
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| Minimum term |
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| Maximum term |
50 years |
| Minimum age |
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| Maximum age |
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| Premiums |
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| Joint life policies |
The cover is paid when the first life insured dies or is diagnosed with a terminal illness (and our Medical Officer has confirmed the illness is expected to lead to death within 12 months) or is diagnosed with a specified critical illness (if that option is chosen) – whichever occurs first. |
| Trusts |
Policies can be placed in trust. |
| Death in the first year |
If the life insured dies within the first year of holding the policy, as a result of suicide or intentional and serious self-injury or an event where, in our reasonable opinion, the life insured took their own life, the policy will be cancelled. |
Benefits and options
| Accidental Death Benefit | |
| Increasing your cover (previously known as Guaranteed Insurability Option / Changing your policy) |
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| Other changes |
Your client can request to make other changes to their plan. |
| Critical Illness Cover and Critical Illness Extra |
Can be added for an additional cost at outset. |
| Children’s Critical Illness Cover |
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| Children’s Critical Illness Extra |
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| Joint life policy separation on divorce or dissolution of a registered civil partnership |
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| Free Life Cover |
Between exchange of contracts and completion of a mortgage (completion of missives and date of entry in Scotland). |
| Immediate Cover |
On request Download Immediate Cover certificate PDF |
| Wellbeing Support |
Access included as standard. Service provided by RedArc Assured Limited. |
| Terminal Illness Cover |
Automatically included for all policies with a term of two years or more. |
| Total and Permanent Disability |
Can be included for an additional cost if Critical Illness Cover or Critical Illness Extra is chosen. |
| Waiver of Premium |
Optional. Can be included for an additional cost. Eligibility criteria and restrictions apply. |
Increasing Life Insurance
For full details, download the Product Profiles PDF: 905KB document
| Minimum cover |
No minimum cover amount. Driven by minimum premium. |
| Maximum cover |
If Critical Illness Cover or Critical Illness Extra is chosen:
|
| Type of cover |
|
| Minimum term |
2 years |
| Maximum term |
50 years |
| Minimum age |
|
| Maximum age |
|
| Premiums |
|
| Joint life policies |
The cover is paid when the first life insured dies or is diagnosed with a terminal illness (and our Medical Officer has confirmed the illness is expected to lead to death within 12 months). |
| Trusts |
Policies can be placed in trust. |
| Death in the first year |
If the life insured dies within the first year of holding the policy, as a result of suicide or intentional and serious self-injury or an event where, in our reasonable opinion, the life insured took their own life, the policy will be cancelled. |
Benefits and options
| Accidental Death Benefit | |
| Increasing your cover (previously known as Guaranteed Insurability Option / Changing your policy) |
|
| Other changes |
Your client can request to make other changes to their plan. |
| Critical Illness Cover and Critical Illness Extra |
Can be added for an additional cost at outset. |
| Children’s Critical Illness Cover |
|
| Children’s Critical Illness Extra |
|
| Joint life policy separation on divorce or dissolution of a registered civil partnership |
|
| Free Life Cover |
Between exchange of contracts and completion of a mortgage (completion of missives and date of entry in Scotland). |
| Immediate Cover |
On request Download Immediate Cover certificate PDF |
| Wellbeing Support |
Access included as standard. Service provided by RedArc Assured Limited. |
| Terminal Illness Cover |
Automatically included for all policies with a term of two years or more. |
| Total and Permanent Disability |
Can be included for an additional cost if Critical Illness Cover or Critical Illness Extra is chosen. |
| Waiver of Premium |
Optional. Can be included for an additional cost. Eligibility criteria and restrictions apply. |
Decreasing Life Insurance
For full details, download the Product Profiles PDF: 905KB document
| Minimum cover |
No minimum cover amount. Driven by minimum premium. |
| Maximum cover |
If Critical Illness Cover or Critical Illness Extra is chosen:
|
| Type of cover |
|
| Minimum term |
5 years |
| Maximum term |
50 years |
| Minimum age |
|
| Maximum age |
|
| Premiums |
|
| Joint life policies |
The cover is paid when the first life insured dies or is diagnosed with a terminal illness (and our Medical Officer has confirmed the illness is expected to lead to death within 12 months) or is diagnosed with a specified critical illness (if that option is chosen) – whichever occurs first. |
| Trusts |
Policies can be placed in trust. |
| Death in the first year |
If the life insured dies within the first year of holding the policy, as a result of suicide or intentional and serious self-injury or an event where, in our reasonable opinion, the life insured took their own life, the policy will be cancelled. |
Benefits and options
| Accidental Death Benefit | |
| Increasing your cover (previously known as Guaranteed Insurability Option / Changing your policy) |
|
| Other changes |
Your client can request to make other changes to their plan. |
| Critical Illness Cover and Critical Illness Extra |
Can be added for an additional cost at outset. |
| Children’s Critical Illness Cover |
|
| Children’s Critical Illness Extra |
|
| Joint life policy separation on divorce or dissolution of a registered civil partnership |
|
| Free Life Cover |
Between exchange of contracts and completion of a mortgage (completion of missives and date of entry in Scotland). |
| Immediate Cover |
On request Download Immediate Cover certificate PDF |
| Wellbeing Support |
Access included as standard. Service provided by RedArc Assured Limited. |
| Terminal Illness Cover |
Automatically included for all policies with a term of two years or more. |
| Total and Permanent Disability |
Can be included for an additional cost if Critical Illness Cover or Critical Illness Extra is chosen. |
| Waiver of Premium |
Optional. Can be included for an additional cost. Eligibility criteria and restrictions apply. |
Family and Personal Income Plan (FPIP)
For full details, download the Product Profiles PDF: 905KB document
| Minimum cover |
No minimum cover amount. Driven by minimum premium. |
| Maximum cover |
|
| Type of cover |
|
| Minimum term |
5 years |
| Maximum term |
|
| Minimum age |
|
| Maximum age |
|
| Premiums |
|
| Joint life policies |
The cover is paid when either life insured dies or is diagnosed with a terminal illness (and our Medical Officer has confirmed the illness is expected to lead to death within 12 months) or is diagnosed with a specified critical illness (if that option is chosen) – whichever occurs first. |
Benefits and options
| Accidental Death Benefit | |
| Increasing your cover (previously known as Guaranteed Insurability Option / Changing your policy) |
|
| Other changes |
Your client can request to make other changes to their plan. |
| Critical Illness Cover and Critical Illness Extra |
Can be added for an additional cost at outset. |
| Children’s Critical Illness Cover |
|
| Children’s Critical Illness Extra |
|
| Joint life policy separation on divorce or dissolution of a registered civil partnership |
|
| Wellbeing Support |
Access included as standard. Service provided by RedArc Assured Limited. |
| Terminal Illness Cover |
Automatically included for all policies with a term of two years or more. |
| Total and Permanent Disability |
Can be included for an additional cost if Critical Illness Cover or Critical Illness Extra is chosen. |
| Waiver of Premium |
Optional. Can be included for an additional cost. Eligibility criteria and restrictions apply. |
Key documents and tools for new business applications
Existing customers should always refer to the policy documents supplied when they purchased their product.
Key documents
Key documents
Tools and calculators
Support from Umbrella Benefits
Wellbeing Support
Access included as standard. Personalised practical and emotional telephone support from a registered nurse provided by RedArc Assured Limited.
Care Concierge
A free telephone service which gives your client and their family access to adult and later life care experts.