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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.

Gift card offer

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.

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Life Insurance

£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.

Over 50s Life Cover

£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.

++These services are separate to and don’t form part of the policy contract. They’re available to policyholders for free but may be withdrawn at any time.

Reasons to choose life cover from Post Office

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.  

What do you need to protect?

Your family

Pay a little every month to help protect your loved ones financially if you pass away

Your mortgage

Choose a policy that could help you pay off a repayment or interest-only mortgage

Need some help?

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To make a claim, find answers to common questions, access bereavement and wellbeing support or contact us for something else:

Visit our Life Cover support page

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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.

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