Scottish Widows Protection Online

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Scottish Widows offers a range of protection options for your clients - with Terminal Illness cover automatically included with all life insurance. Our plans offer protection suitable for mortgages, loans, businesses and key person cover.

We are dedicated to the ongoing improvement of our Protection Online servicewhich now delivers straight through processing for your clients. You can obtainquotes, get online underwriting decisions and for cases accepted online ImmediateCover means your clients go on risk at point of sale.

Our recently improved service allows:

  • Pre-population of Application Forms - saves keying time.
  • An immediate underwriting decision for your client.
  • Immediate cover for 30 days, on accepted cases.
  • Full commission flexibility.
  • You can complete the application with client present - no missing answers.
  • A central application printing facility.
  • Save and recall of incomplete applications by more than one person within your office.
  • Tracking your client's applications via our online Proposal Tracking Facility.
  • More time with your clients - less time on paperwork.

Product Summaries:-

Level Term Assurance

FeatureLife Insurance Cover onlyCritical Illness Cover onlyLife Insurance Cover and Critical Illness Cover
Single Life / Joint LifeYesYesYes
Life of AnotherYesYesYes
Joint Life Second Death*YesNoYes
Terminal Illness Benefit automatically includedYesNoYes
Children's Critical Illness Benefit automatically includedNoYesYes
Payment Cover available upon requestYesYesYes
Guaranteed Insurability OptionYesYesYes
Replacement Critical Illness CoverNoYesNo
Conversion Option included*YesNoYes
Youngest age at start151515
Oldest age at start79 or 54 if payment cover is chosen or 58 for plans with conversion option64 or 54 if payment cover is chosen64 or 54 if payment cover is chosen or 58 for plans with conversion option
Oldest age when plan will end89 or 64 if payment cover is chosen69 or 64 if payment cover is chosen69 or 64 if payment cover is chosen
Shortest term1 year5 years5 years

Mortgage and Business Cover

FeatureLife Insurance Cover onlyCritical Illness Cover onlyLife Insurance Cover and Critical Illness Cover
Single Life / Joint LifeYesYesYes
Life of AnotherYesYesYes
Joint Life Second DeathNoNoNo
Terminal Illness Benefit automatically includedYesNoYes
Children's Critical Illness Benefit automatically includedNoNoNo
Payment Cover available upon requestYesYesYes
Guaranteed Insurability OptionYesYesYes
Replacement Critical Illness CoverNoYesNo
Youngest age at start151515
Oldest age at start79 or 54 if payment cover is chosen64 or 54 if payment cover is chosen64 or 54 if payment cover is chosen
Oldest age when plan will end89 or 64 if payment cover is chosen69 or 64 if payment cover is chosen69 or 64 if payment cover is chosen
Shortest term5 years5 years5 years

*Please call us on 08457 697 567 for level term assurance with conversion option or joint life second death quotations as these are not available onlineat present. We'll record and monitor calls to help us to improve our service.

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