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Life Insurance with Critical Illness

Our life and critical illness cover can pay a lump sum if you die or suffer a critical illness

  • With a total of 48 critical illnesses covered we’re one of the market leaders
  • Up to £25,000 children’s critical illness cover included at no extra cost
  • We pay claims quickly – and you can use your lump sum how you want
Life insurance with critical illness

Types of life insurance with critical illness cover

Our Life Insurance with critical illness cover protects you and your loved ones. You can choose the level of life insurance with critical illness protection that best suits you.

Level life insurance with critical illness cover

  • The amount you're covered for is fixed when you start paying the premiums and won't change.
  • It won't keep up with inflation, and may buy less in the future.

Find out more about level life with critical illness cover

Decreasing life insurance with critical illness cover

  • This type of cover is specifically designed to cover the reducing amount you owe on a capital and interest repayment mortgage.
  • The amount you're covered for goes down each year, but the premium stays the same.

Find out more about decreasing life with critical illness cover

Inflation-linked life insurance with critical illness cover

Life insurance with critical illness types of cover comparison

The table below will help you understand some differences between decreasing, inflation-linked and level cover.

This information shouldn't be taken as advice. It's up to you to decide what's right for you and if you're not sure, you should speak to a financial adviser.

Level Cover

Decreasing cover

Inflation linked cover

Cover a repayment mortgage

Included
Included
Included

Cover an interest-only mortgage

Included
Not included
Included

Pay off a fixed-term loan

Included
Not included
Included

Cover funeral cost

Not included Not included Not included

Guaranteed monthly premiums

Included
Included
Included and premium and benefit will increase in line with inflation

Fixed cover

Included
Not included
Included and premium and benefit will increase in line with inflation

Cover for financial security for loved ones

Included
Not included
Included

How to apply

*Premium and benefit will increase in line with inflation.

Our life with critical illness application is quick and easy

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Call our UK-based advisers for more information or a quote:

0800 756 8515
Quoting offer code IELO

Textphone: 18001 0800 756 8515

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Calculate how much cover you might need

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Provide some details about your life and we'll calculate the amount of cover you'll need and how much it will cost.

We've created lots of useful information to guide you through the process of finding which life insurance product is right for you.

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