Most group risk providers are reluctant to write schemes for fewer than 5 members, and then only as part of a registered group risk scheme.
Our approach is different. The relevant life policy is a single life, stand-alone death-in-service plan, providing benefits on an individual basis.
Key benefits :
– Unique individual stand-alone cover
– Tax advantages for high earners
– Premiums not taxed as a benefit in kind
– Allowable as an expense for the employer
– Cover now up to 20 times annual salary
There are various advantages to this. For a start, it offers high-earning employees who have substantial pension funds a number of tax advantages.
That’s because the lump sum benefits do not form part of the employee’s annual or lifetime pension allowance.
And, although the company pays the premiums, they are not normally taxed as a benefit in kind – which can offer huge savings, especially for a higher rate taxpayer.
While it is mainly aimed at high earners, it can be suitable for any employee. What’s more, the payments may also be treated as an allowable expense for the employer in calculating their tax liability.
Which means it is also particularly suitable for small businesses that do not have enough eligible employees to warrant a group life scheme.
Who can have it
An employer’s business which is UK registered, and the employee who is habitually resident in the UK (meaning England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland but not the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands).
Has a UK bank account and is not:
* Under 18
* 74 or older (cover stops at age 75).
The employer will own the policy and the employee will be the person covered but as Relevant Life Cover is written in trust, for the employee’s beneficiaries, the pay-out will go into the trust in the event of a claim.
For more information, please contact Anthony Marshall on 07872 898900 or email at: anthony@marshallfinancialsolutions.co.uk
Alternatively, speak to Mark Rabe from BBX on 01202 836060 | 0333 400 2014 or email: mark.rabe@bbxworld.com
