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Be ready for the time when you're no longer around by protecting what matters most. Choose the best life cover option for you from a brand you can trust.
As a thank you for choosing Post Office life cover, we’ll give you a choice of Tesco, M&S or Amazon.co.uk gift card worth:
£100 with Life Insurance^
£125 with Over 50s Life Cover+
Terms, conditions and minimum premium apply. Check next section.
£100 gift card offer^
As a thank you for choosing Post Office Life Insurance, we'll give you a choice^ of a £100 Tesco, M&S or Amazon.co.uk gift card
^ Qualifying period and minimum premium apply. Life Insurance offer terms and conditions apply
Get your family, mortgage and lifestyle covered financially.
£125 gift card offer – our highest ever+
As a thank you for choosing Post Office Over 50s Life Cover, we'll give you a choice+ of a £125 Tesco, M&S or Amazon.co.uk gift card
+After qualifying period. Over 50s Life Cover offer terms and conditions apply
Get help towards the cost of your funeral or leave a gift when you're gone.
Have confidence in your choice of life cover, with award-winning policies from a brand you can trust.
Our policies have been Your Money award winners for 15 years in a row**. Both have been rigorously judged and mystery shopped by the public for price and quality.
In 2022, we won Best Life Insurance Provider. And, in 2023, we were awarded Best Over 50s Life Cover.
Pay a little every month to help protect your loved ones financially if you pass away
Choose a policy that could help you pay off a repayment or interest-only mortgage
Over 60s life insurance
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Life insurance for over 65s
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What are the benefits of life insurance?
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What is life insurance?
All you need to know about life insurance in plain English.
What to expect from life insurance
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Death in service vs life insurance
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Cost of life insurance
Loads of factors will affect the average life insurance cost, from lifestyle and overall health to occupation. But you do have a say in what you pay.
Life insurance for mums
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Is life insurance worth it?
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Life insurance for over 70
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Life insurance vs life assurance
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Life insurance for your family
Every family is different, but they can play a big part in our lives. It’s important to think about how we can protect them against the unexpected as best we can.
Life insurance for self-employed
Working for yourself can come with financial challenges. That's why it's worth considering life insurance when you are self employed.
Understanding mortgage life insurance
If you want to leave your loved ones financial protection for your home, even if you’re not there to help pay the mortgage, you may want to take out mortgage life ...
The nation's relationship with life insurance
For many people, life insurance is an extremely important financial product - but how many of us have it, and what do consumers actually know about this type of cover?
6 reasons why you need life insurance
It seems there are certain events in people’s life that prompt them to buy life insurance.
Life insurance and coronavirus
Life insurance can help your family financially if the worst should happen, including death from Covid-19.
Protect your family
Life shouldn't stop for your loved ones if the unexpected happens to you. Let's make sure they'll be financially secure if the worst happens.
Life Insurance £100 offer
^After qualifying period, minimum premium and terms and conditions apply
*Restrictions apply, see amazon.co.uk/gc-legal
Over 50s Life Cover £125 offer
+After qualifying period, Terms and conditions apply
*Restrictions apply, see amazon.co.uk/gc-legal
** In the last 15 consecutive annual YourMoney.com Awards, Post Office was shortlisted for our protection product features and price, before being judged by a panel of readers on the quality of service provided. Post Office Insurance won at least one of: Best Online Life Insurance Provider, Best Direct Life Insurance Provider, Best Life Insurance Provider or Best Over 50s Life Cover.