If you want to cover purchases and account payments, Shopping Insurance is the option to choose. It protects most of the things you buy (think of those fave designer shoes!) and could also make your account payments for you if you become sick, unemployed or have an accident.
- The cost of Shopping Insurance is 1.98% of your outstanding monthly balance - that means if your balance was £100, Shopping Insurance would cost you £1.98 per month; likewise if your balance was £300, Shopping Insurance would cost you £5.94 per month.
- For Shopping Insurance to pay out a benefit to you of £100 per month, you would need to have a balance of £500, as it pays off 20% of your outstanding balance every 28 days (provided you are eligible to claim). An outstanding balance of £500 Shopping Insurance would cost you £9.90 per month.
If you want to cover just your account payments, choose Life Event Plan. With this policy we could pay them for you if you weren’t able to, and help relieve the financial strain you might be feeling as a result (phew!).
- The cost of Life Event Plan is 1.5% of your outstanding monthly balance - that means if your balance was £100, Life Event Plan would cost you £1.50 per month; likewise if your balance was £300, Life Event Plan would cost you £4.50 per month.
- For Life Event Plan to pay out a benefit to you of £100 per month, you would need to have a balance of £1429. On an outstanding balance of £1429 Life Event Plan would cost you £21.44 per month.
This Payment Protection Insurance is optional. There are other providers of Payment Protection Insurance and other products designed to protect you against loss of income. For impartial information about insurance, please visit the website www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/do-you-need-payment-protection-insurance-ppi.
As with most insurance products there are some circumstances that are excluded. These generally involve anything you already know about or that is caused by negligence and illegal or deliberate acts on your part. In addition, Life Event Plan exclusions include a life event that happens within the first 90 days and any life event we reasonably believe you knew was likely to happen.
Shopping Insurance is offered by Shop Direct Finance Company. Underwritten by Aviva Insurance Limited. Registered in Scotland No 2116. Registered Office: Pitheavlis Perth PH2 0NH and Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited. Registered in England No: 3253947. Registered Office: 2 Rougier Street, York, YO90 1UU. Both are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
Life Event Plan is offered by Shop Direct Finance Company. Underwritten by Aviva Insurance Limited. Registered in Scotland No 2116. Registered Office: Pitheavlis Perth
PH2 0NH. Both are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.


