4.3 million self-employed left exposed by 'protection gap' - research

The research from Scottish Widows found that just 7% of self-employed people have critical illness cover to protect them if they were unable to work.  Just 7% of the self-employed population have critical illness cover, compared with 9% of the general population. With the self-employed population now rising to 4.79 million workers in the UK, or 15.1% of the workforce, this is the equivalent of 4.3 million workers having no protection in place if they were unable to work due to illness. Two thirds (62%) of self-employed workers' households are reliant on one wage earner's income, co...