Bells and whistles: a guide to protection add-ons

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Find out what additional benefits you could get with your protection policy.

A popular trend in the protection market is for providers to add additional benefits to your policy. Many are automatically included within the price. While added benefits may not be the sole reason to go with a product or provider, it is certainly worth being aware of what is included in your policy. Below is a list of the most popular critical illness add-ons: Red Arc Red Arc is a care advisory service providing information, advice and emotional support to people when they need it most. Put simply, it provides an important counselling and support option to people diagnosed wit...

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