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Life insurance

Protection for Life – a flexible life insurance plan that can change as your protection needs change – the following options are available:

Life insurance

Life Cover is the name of our insurance policy, under our Protection for Life plan, which can pay out a cash sum if you were to die during a specified period. It can be tailored to your individual needs with options to include premium protection.

Critical illness cover with Life insurance

We have a life insurance policy that includes critical illness cover, which is an option under our Protection for Life plan. This is called Critical Illness with Life Cover and can provide a cash sum if you were to die or be diagnosed with a specified critical illness during a specified period.

Whole of life insurance

Our simple whole of life insurance policy is called Lifetime Cover, which is an option under our Protection for Life plan. It pays out a cash lump sum on death.


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Claims

We’ve paid out more than £818m in Life Cover and Critical Illness Cover claims.

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Best Doctors can provide you with a second opinion from a leading medical expert, without the need to travel. It's available with all new Protection for Life policies.


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