Group protection: death in service and income protection for your staff

Life cover that pays a staff member's family up to four times salary, and income protection that keeps them paid through a long illness. Quoted from every main Irish insurer and run for you.

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Death in service

Up to four times salary for the family

Death in service cover, also known as group life assurance, pays a lump sum if a staff member dies while they work for you. Revenue allows an approved scheme to pay up to four times the employee's salary, plus a refund of any contributions they made themselves. For the employee it is a tax-free benefit.

Set up as a Revenue approved scheme, the premium is a business expense for the company and not a benefit in kind for staff. Cover is written on the whole group, so each person is covered up to an agreed non-medical limit without health questions. That matters for an older employee, or someone with a condition that would make cover hard to buy alone.

  • One, two, three or four times salary, your choice
  • Paid to the family or a beneficiary the employee nominates
  • No medical questions up to the non-medical limit
  • Runs with a company pension or on its own
Group income protection

Pay that continues through a long illness

Group income protection replaces part of an employee's salary if illness or injury keeps them out of work beyond a waiting period, known as the deferred period. Insurers pay from two-thirds up to 75% of salary, less the State Illness Benefit, until the person returns to work or reaches the end age of the scheme.

You choose a deferred period of 13, 26 or 52 weeks to line up with your sick pay policy. The longer it is, the lower the premium. Most insurers include early intervention support, with nurses and rehabilitation services working to get people back to work sooner.

  • Benefit paid to the company, which pays the employee with tax deducted
  • Deferred period of 13, 26 or 52 weeks
  • Early intervention and rehabilitation support
  • Pension contributions can continue during a claim

How each cover is taxed

Death in serviceGroup income protection
Premium for the companyA business expense when set up as a Revenue approved schemeA business expense
For the employee while coveredNot a benefit in kindUSC is due on the employer's contribution; no income tax or PRSI while total contributions stay within 10% of income
When a claim is paidA lump sum of up to four times salary, plus a refund of the employee's own contributionsA regular income, taxed through payroll like salary
Claims

When someone claims, we deal with the insurer

A claim usually lands on the desk of someone who has never handled one. Tell your advisor and we take it from there: the forms, the medical evidence, the insurer's questions and the follow-up.

For death in service, the lump sum goes to the family or the beneficiary the employee nominated. For income protection, the benefit starts when the deferred period ends. It is paid to the company, which passes it on each month. If the employee returns on reduced hours, a partial benefit can continue on most policies.

  • One contact for HR from first notice to payment
  • Early intervention support from the insurer
  • Benefit paid monthly until return to work or the end age
What happens next

How it works

1

Tell us about the team

Headcount, rough salaries, ages and the cover you want. The form takes two minutes.

2

We quote every main insurer

Premiums, non-medical limits and support services, side by side in euro.

3

You choose the design

The salary multiple, the income protection level and the deferred period.

4

We set it up

We handle the application, the scheme rules and the paperwork.

5

Staff are told what they have

A short briefing so everyone knows what the cover is worth.

6

We review it every year

Renewal terms checked against the market before you accept them.

4xsalary: the Revenue limit for death in service
75%of salary: the usual top of group income protection, less Illness Benefit
€254a week: the most State Illness Benefit pays in 2026
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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers with the figures. If yours is not here, a senior advisor answers it in your review.

Is death in service cover taxed on the employee?

No. When the scheme is set up as a Revenue approved scheme, the premium the company pays is not a benefit in kind, and insurers treat the cover as a tax-free benefit for the employee.

Who receives the death in service payment?

The lump sum can go to the employee's estate, to a beneficiary they nominated, or be distributed at the discretion of the trustees or the employer. It does not have to go to dependants only. We help staff record their wishes when they join.

Do staff need a medical?

Not up to the non-medical limit. Everyone joining the scheme is covered automatically up to that level. Above it, the insurer may ask health questions of that person only.

Which deferred period should we choose?

Match it to your sick pay. If you pay full salary for 13 weeks, a 13 week deferred period means the benefit starts as your sick pay ends. A longer deferred period costs less.

How many employees do we need?

Each insurer sets its own minimum group size, and many will quote for small teams. Tell us your headcount and we tell you who will quote.

Does cover continue if someone leaves?

Cover ends when employment ends. Some insurers let a leaver take out an individual policy without medical questions, which we point out when someone leaves.

Can we add serious illness cover?

Yes. Some insurers offer group specified illness cover, which pays a lump sum on diagnosis of a listed illness. We quote it alongside the other two.

Do premiums change each year?

Group rates are usually reviewed at renewal. We check the renewal terms against the market before you accept them.

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