Life insurance

Protect what matters most

Life insurance could be the most important financial product you ever buy.

It’s not easy to think about something happening to you. But having a plan in place could be the difference between your family maintaining their lifestyle and paying off the mortgage, or losing their home.

With life insurance, you can help make sure you and your family have the right financial protection you need. And you can get more than just financial peace of mind. If you choose life insurance from Scottish Widows, practical and emotional support is available through Scottish Widows Care.

Existing customers

Existing customers

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Your choice of Life Insurance

Life cover

Life cover could pay out a cash lump sum if you die before your policy ends.

It can act as a safety net and could help your loved ones cope financially when you can’t be there.

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Critical Illness Cover

Critical illness cover could pay out a cash lump sum if you are diagnosed with an illness covered by your policy before it ends.

The money could help you and your loved ones meet day-to-day costs and let you focus on your own health and wellbeing.

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What is life insurance?

Explore how life insurance works and how it can protect your family’s financial future.

When’s the right time to get life insurance?

The big changes in life can give you a good chance to think about how you can protect yourself and your loved ones from the unexpected.

Changing jobs

Changing jobs

If your income changes, you might want to think how this could affect the cover you and your loved ones would need.

Having children

Having children

When you have a child, getting cover could make sure that they’ll be protected if anything happens to you.

Getting a mortgage

Getting a mortgage

If something happens to you, your cover could pay out a cash lump sum to help your loved ones pay off the mortgage.

Getting married

Getting married

This can be a good time to think about how cover could help to protect your partner if the unexpected happens.

Planning your funeral

Planning your funeral

We don’t like to think about it, but funerals can be expensive. Your cover could help your loved ones with these costs.

Being a carer

Being a carer

There might be others who rely on you or your income. Your cover could protect them too.

Life insurance policies have no cash-in value at any time. If you don’t pay your premiums on time your cover will stop, your policy will end and you’ll get nothing back. If the sum assured has not been paid out by the end of the selected term, the policy will end and you’ll get nothing back.

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Talk to an expert and get a quote

Talk to an expert and get a quote

Speak to an expert at Cavendish Online for advice on our life insurance policies and get a quote.

Call Cavendish Online on 0800 131 0018, Monday to Thursday 9am to 7pm​, Friday 9am to 6pm.

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Help and support

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Got a question?

Questions about life insurance? Get in touch.

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