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Why do you need
Accident Insurance?
Probably your most valuable asset is your ability to work
and earn a living. If this is disrupted due to an accident,
your income may decrease or stop but you will still need to
meet certain financial obligations.
Did you know that...
- Over a million people attend casualty units in the UK
every year because of injury? 1
- Almost 3 million people are injured every year at home
and almost 4,000 people die each year due to accidents at
home? 2
- Accidents at work injure over one million people a year?
3
- More than 240,000 road accidents each year cause over
3,500 deaths and injure over 300,000 people? 4
- Over 2.5 million people a year are injured while involved
in sport or leisure activities?
5
If you were to suffer
accidental injury, how would your standard of living be affected?
State benefits
would provide statutory sick pay of just £70.05 per
week from April 2006.
Consider some of our products that can help offset expenses associated
with accidental injury:
- Accident Hospital Benefit Plan: benefits for hospitalisation
and convalescence resulting from accidents and additional
cover for fractures, whether you are hospitalised or not.
- Accident Disability Plus Plan: benefits if you
have to take time off work due to accidental injury - total
and partial loss of time benefits are provided.
For more information
call us on freephone 0800 169 7733 or email
us at csd@uk.combined.com.
Statistical Sources:
1 & 2 Health & Safety Commission Annual Report, 3
Government Consumer Accident Data and Safety Research; 4 Royal
Society for the Prevention of Accidents, 5 Department of Trade
and Industry, 6 Department for Work & Pensions - April
2006.
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