Relevant life plan

Read our technical articles

A relevant life plan is a death-in-service plan set up and paid for by an employer. These plans are covered by the same legislation that deals with group schemes. But unlike most schemes provided by large employers, they don’t fall under pensions legislation because they’re ‘non-registered’.

Providing life cover for employees

There are lots of good reasons to choose a relevant life plan. But it all boils down to tax-efficient life cover for directors and employees. Here we explain the advantages in using a relevant life plan and explain how the qualification rules work.

Advantages of a relevant life plan

Relevant life plans were created under the 2006 pension simplification legislation. Commonly known as ‘A-Day’.  In this article we’ve detailed the legislation that governs relevant life plans.

Legislation for relevant life plans

In this article we look at some of the most comments questions and answers on relevant life plans.

Relevant life plans frequently asked questions