Flexible Benefits

Give your employees the cover they want

Our flexible benefits put your employees in control of their cover. We tailor our policies to suit your business needs so that it’s right for you and your employees. This means you’ll be able to select the benefits you want to offer and your employees can choose the cover that works with their budget.

Discover more about flexible benefits, including the cover options available and the extra support we include.

About flexible benefits

Flexible benefits put your employees in control of their benefits package. As an employer, you’ll select the type of benefits you want to offer, including any core and voluntary benefits. Your employees can then choose the cover they want using your flexible benefits platform.

Core benefits

Many employers choose to provide a core benefit and allow employees to top-up their core benefit with voluntary cover.

You’ll fund the core benefits whether your employees select this cover or not. If they do, your employees can then choose to alter their benefit at set times of the year or at certain life events.

Just so you’re aware, some flexible benefit policies, such as Partner Life Insurance, can only be offered as a voluntary benefit.

Voluntary-only benefits

You can offer voluntary-only benefits. This means there is no core benefit and your employees choose their own cover and fund it themselves.

Just so you’re aware, some flexible benefit policies, such as Income Protection, require a core benefit.

Increasing or decreasing benefits

Your employees have various opportunities to increase or decrease their benefits. This can happen when they join the policy, at a certain time each year, or at certain life events.

Joining the policy

When your employee joins the policy, they can select the amount of cover they need.

Life events

Life events are milestones that allow your employees to change their benefits up or down. Life events can include:

Moving home
Getting married
Having a child

Annual selection window

Your employees also have an annual opportunity to increase or decrease their benefits. You can decide how much they can amend their cover by when you set up the policy.

Group Critical Illness

Our critical illness cover provides a tax-free payment to your employees if they’re diagnosed diagnosed with one of the defined illnesses, has undergone one of the surgical procedures, or circumstances occur which means that the definition of an insured illness we cover is met.

Key features

Children's cover included with every policy
Partner cover is available up to £250,000
12 core illnesses covered on every policy, including cancer, heart attack and stroke
Add a further 26 illnesses for more comprehensive cover
You can also include cover for:
- a diagnosis of a second or subsequent cancer
- total permanent disability, which covers employees if they become permanently disabled
- a number of child specific illnesses.
Cover available from age 16 to 70
Employees can choose cover up to £500,000
Four support services included

Support services – at no extra cost

Our Critical Illness policies include:

Explore our Critical Illness Insurance

Group Life Insurance

Our life cover provides an employee’s family with a tax-free payment if they die during their working life. It’s a simple and affordable workplace benefit.

Key features

Employees can choose cover up to 16 times their salary
Cover available from age 16 to 75
Policies are set up under a discretionary trust
Instant confirmation of cover with online application
Redundancy cover available
Four support services included

Support Services – at no extra cost

Our Life Insurance policies include:

Explore our Life Insurance

Partner Life Insurance

Our partner life cover provides an employee with a tax-free payment if their partner dies. It’s a voluntary-only benefit that gives your employees the option to cover their partner at an affordable price.

Key features

Employees choose cover up to £250,000
Cover available from age 16 to 75
Policies are set up under a discretionary trust
Instant confirmation of cover with online application
Five employee support services included

Support services – at no extra cost

Our Partner Life Insurance policies include:

Explore our Life Insurance

Group Income Protection

Our income protection cover provides financial and emotional support if an employee is absent from work due to illness or injury. It protects employees when they’re unable to work and helps them return when they’re better.