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Income Protection Insurance

I currently have a policy which will pay out £650 per month to cover my mortgage payments if I should fall ill and am unable to work, I am self employed. I recently decided to take out a further £750 per month with another insurer to cover the rest of my bills.

I have today received a letter telling me that they cannot proceed with the application as both policies are underwritten by the same company and they will not cover any more than 50% of my basic salary.

Does anybody know either a way round this or suggest an insurer who does not apply this rule? Being self employed I really just want to have my own sick pay scheme.
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  • payless
    payless Posts: 6,957 Forumite
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    most companies have limits of between 50%- 65%
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    even if taken thro' 2 separate companies / underwriters , the payouts would be scaled down to take into account the other payout
    Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as (financial) advice.
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