Expatriate Income Protection

There is never a right time to become seriously ill or be involved in an accident. When an illness or an accident brings you to a stop it can rapidly bring your income to a stop too, unfortunately it doesn’t bring your bills to a stop. Statistics show that for working men and women between the ages of 20 and 65 show that long periods of illness need to be taken seriously.
1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women currently in their twenties and thirties will suffer from cancer, a heart attack or another type of critical illness before reaching the age of 65.
What would happen to you, your family and your way of life if long term illness cut short your ability to earn a living.

We have access to all of the UK's leading income protection providers so let us find the best options in the marketplace for you

Financial support when you need it!
An income protection plan is designed to provide financial support in the event of you suffering a long term illness or disability. It will provide you with an income to help maintain your standard of living for as long as it takes before you are fit enough to get back to work again.

How does the income protection plan work?
We will help you decide the level of income you require to continue with the lifestyle you and your family have become accustomed to should you suffer a long term illness. We will then based on your current situation help you choose how soon after onset of incapacity you need the income from your plan to start. This period of time is called the deferment period. With most providers you have the choice of 4,13,26 or 52 weeks deferment. After this period of time you will start to receive the benefits of your plan.

As and expatriate your plan will provide you with cover on an unrestricted basis normally if you are working in Western Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA. If you are living elsewhere your benefits may be restricted to a maximum payment period.

What types of income protection plans are available?
Increasing cover : This is where the level of income provided by your plan automatically increases each year during the duration of your claim. The increase amount is typically 5% compound each year to keep up with the cost of living from one year to the next.

Level Cover: This is where the level of income provided by your plan remains level thoughout the duration of your claim.

Other benefits typical to this type of plan:
Hospital benefits.
If you are confined to hospital for a period of normally 8 days or more a benefit equal to your income benefit will be paid. There is normally a maximum period this section pays out.

Career Break.
If you stop working to raise children for example you can reinstate cover within normally 5 years on your plans original terms.

Waiver of premium.
This means while you are receiving your benefits your provider will effectively pay your premiums.

Competitive Premiums
The premium required will depend on a number of factors such as age, level of benefit and period of deferment. A further factor affecting premiums is "occupation". The more manual or stressful the occupation, the higher the premium will be.

The broad occupational bands are:

Non Manual - Accountant, Clerk, Draughtsman, Doctor, Secretary

Light Manual - Car Salesman, Chef, Hairdresser, Travel Agent

Skilled/Semi Skilled with emphasis on Manual Duties - Baker, Butcher, Printer

Heavy Manual - Electrician, Window Cleaner, Driver, Metal Worker

It is therefore apparent that not all permanent health policies are the same. With this in mind, expert advice and guidance is strongly recommended. Please complete our online enquiry form or request a call back and our independent expatriate specialist will contact you to discuss you individual circumstances. We will the source the whole market to provide you with the most cost effective and appropriate plan to suit your circumstances

In order to comply with the UK prevention of money laundering procedures, we will ask you to provide a suitable proof of identification before any offshore products can be put in place.

Great British Finance Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The FSA does not regulate some forms of Mortgage, Inheritance Tax Planning, Credit Cards, Personal Loans, Deposit Accounts & Insurance. If you are submitting an online request, we would advise to read our KeyFacts statement, links are at the top and bottom of this page.

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Expatriate Income Protection