Income Protection Insurance Guide

Income Protection For Accident, Sickness and Unemployment

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Income Protection Insurance

It is estimated that you are 20 times more likely to be off work for six months because of sickness or injury than you are to die before reaching retirement. Few people question the need for life insurance to protect their dependants if they were to die, but only one working person in ten has any specific long-term financial protection if they are unable to work because of sickness.

Government figures show that about one in five people report having an illness or disability that limits their activities and about two million people each year claim benefits for long-term sickness or disability. Few people would find it easy to cope with the financial impact of a prolonged illness. So why is this area of financial planning so often neglected? There are three main reasons:

  • A mistaken belief that the state and employers will provide. A 1998 survey by Norwich Union Healthcare found that a quarter of the UK workforce believe they would receive their full salary from their employer or be supported by the state if they fell ill.

  • A lack of understanding about how you can arrange protection privately. This is not helped by the somewhat obscure name 'permanent health insurance' often given to the main tool for protecting your income.

  • The relatively high cost of this form of protection.

We have chosen to refer you to a website owned and operated by Burgesses Limited who are specialists in income protection insurance.

Burgesses Limited has been recommended in a large number of local and national newspapers and magazines including The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday and The Financial Times. In addition, its products have topped Which? 'best buy' surveys and it is the exclusively appointed provider of protection insurance to the members of The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA).

When you click to go to the Burgesses Limited website you will be able to get a no obligation and confidential instant quote, together with all the information you require to apply online for income protection insurance.

Burgesses Limited are directly authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority under registration number 302674.

Please be aware that responsibility under Financial Services Authority regulations will therefore be assumed directly by Burgesses Limited if you purchase income protection insurance from them.

LV 50 Plus Plan

The LV 50 Plus Life Insurance Plan from Liverpool Victoria is cover for people over the age of 50.
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