Every team has important individuals within it; whether it’s the owner, driving the business forwards, your sales manager, keeping the orders coming in, or your star IT guy, keeping you ahead of the curve. Key Person Insurance protects your business in the event of these important individuals being unable to work due to ill health, or in the event of their death.
Key Person Insurance (sometimes called Key Man Insurance) is designed to protect your business if a key individual, such as a company director, owner, or top-performing employee were to die or become critically ill.
This type of cover pays out a lump sum to your business, helping to offset the financial disruption caused by the loss of that individual. It can help cover lost profits, recruitment costs, temporary staff, or even loan repayments.
Who counts as a ‘key person’?
A key person is anyone whose skills, knowledge, or leadership are crucial to your business’s success. This could be Founders and business owners, sales or technical experts, senior managers or directors, anyone whose absence would seriously impact operations or profitability
Benefits of Key Person cover:
Financial protection – maintain business stability during a challenging time.
Business continuity – avoid major disruption or loss of investor confidence.
Flexible use of funds – use the payout to protect cash flow, hire replacements, or restructure.
Peace of mind – helps ensure your business can continue running smoothly.
At Oviso, we’ll help you assess who your key people are and how much cover your business needs, tailoring your policy to provide the right level of support if the unexpected happens.
With so many options to consider, it can seem very confusing. So, to help you out we've answered some of your most common questions. For more specific advice about the options available for your circumstances, why not get in-touch with one of our friendly advisors.
– Your company has enough money to cover a fall in profit or loss of revenue, keeping the company trading.
– Avoids reducing your own personal earnings as compensation for the loss of revenue.
– Avoids the need to borrow money to keep the business afloat.
– Staff morale remains positive knowing that your company is not in jeopardy.
– Provides you with money to recruit someone with the right skills. This could be the cost of using a recruitment agency and/or training.
Key person protection is a life and or critical illness policy, written on the life of the key person but owned by the business. The business pays the premiums, and when a valid claim is paid the money due is paid to the employer. If the key person is in a partnership, the policy is written on an own-life basis and may be placed in trust for the benefit of the other partners.
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