Family Protect

Term Life Insurance

An affordable plan designed to support your loved ones if the unfavourable happens to you

Key Benefits

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Protection against death, terminal illness, total and permanent disability (TPD before age of 70) and dread disease[1]

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Hassle-free purchase at your convenience via our online portal or at Income branches

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It is not available for sale through other distribution channels, and no financial advice will be provided.

Apply for Family Protect online, or visit us at an Income branch

Here’s how you can stay covered with Family Protect.

Protection for a peace of mind

Protection against death, terminal illness, total and permanent disability (TPD before age of 70) and dread disease[1].

Guaranteed renewal[2]

You may be covered up to a maximum age of 74 (last birthday).

Choose your protection level

You may choose coverage of $50,000 or $100,000 sum assured for a policy term of 10 years.

Application made easy 

Sign up for Family Protect with no medical check-up required[3].

Here’s a closer look at some of the benefits and bonuses you get.

  • Dependant Booster Benefit

    In the event of the insured’s death, total and permanent disability (TPD before age 70) or terminal illness, we will pay out an additional 25% of the sum assured per surviving dependant, up to 100% of sum assured[4].

    A dependant refers to the insured’s legal child below age 21, spouse, parents or parents-in-law.

  • Retrenchment Benefit

    You will receive a payout of up to $1,000[5] for every complete month of unemployment if you get retrenched. You will receive this payout on a monthly basis for up to three months.

  • Cashback Benefit

    Get back 20% of all net premiums you have paid at the end of the policy term[6].

  • Extended grace period

    During periods of financial difficulty, you will enjoy an extended grace period of 60 days[7] to pay the premium.

  • Let us walk you through Family Protect.

    40 years old
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    Mr Tan, age 40 (non-smoker), is a sole breadwinner and he signs up for Family Protect to provide financial security for his family. He chooses a sum assured of $100,000. The policy term is 10 years, and he pays an annual premium of $519 over 10 years.

    46 years old
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    Mr Tan is retrenched from his job and remains unemployed for 3 months.

    • Retrenchment Benefit1
      $3,000 (1% of sum assured per month = $1,000 x 3 months)

    50 years old
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    Mr Tan's policy is renewed automatically without further underwriting. He now pays an annual premium of $1,212.

    • Cashback Benefit2
      $1,038 (20% of all net premiums paid)
    59 years old
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    Mr Tan unfortunately suffers from a stroke with permanent neurological deficit that results in total and permanent disability. He has 4 surviving dependants – his wife, two children and his mother-in-law

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    • Claim Amount
      $100,000 (sum assured)
    • Dependant Booster Benefit3
      $100,000 (4 dependants x 25% sum assured per dependant = additional 100% of sum assured)
    • Total Payout
      $200,000 (200% of sum assured)
    End of policy
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    Family Protect policy ends with this claim.


    Important notes

    The above figures are for illustrative purposes only and are rounded to the nearest dollar.

    1The Retrenchment Benefit pays 1% of your sum assured each month and the $1,000 payout per month is based on $100,000 sum assured. This benefit will cease on the date the policyholder starts permanent paid employment. The retrenchment must have taken place no earlier than six months from the cover start date and you have paid at least six month of premiums. You can claim for this benefit only once during each policy term. You cannot claim this benefit again for the same retrenchment. Cover start date refers to the date we issue the policy, issue an endorsement to include or increase any benefit, or reinstate the policy, whichever is latest.

    2If the insured survives at the end of the policy term, and the policy has not ended, the policy will pay out a Cashback Benefit of 20% of all net premiums paid. Net premiums means the regular premium amount as shown in the schedule, or the reduced regular premium if the sum assured was changed earlier. If you change the frequency of your regular premium amount, we will use the then current regular premium amount to work out all net premiums paid. Net premiums exclude the premiums paid on riders.

    3The Dependant Booster Benefit is only payable once and the policy terminates thereafter.

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    Your policy toolkit

  • Eligibility and payment frequency

    Entry ageMinimumMaximum
    Insured1864^
    Policyholder16N.A.


    ^Policy can be renewed up to a maximum coverage age of 74 (last birthday).

    You have to pay premiums throughout the policy term. You can make your premium payments monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or yearly.

  • Your queries answered.

    Family Protect is a non-participating, regular premium plan that provides coverage for a limited period of time. It provides protection against death, total and permanent disability (TPD before the age of 70), terminal illness (TI) and dread disease (DD) during the policy term. It also provides a dependant booster benefit, retrenchment benefit and cashback benefit. This policy cannot be cashed in.

    Upon death of the insured during the term of the policy, we will pay the sum assured.


    The policy terminates thereafter.

    We will not pay the death benefit if the insured commits suicide within the first year of policy commencement. The policy will cease with immediate effect and we will refund the total premium payments paid, without interest, less any amounts we have paid you, and any amount you owe us, from the cover start date.

    Upon diagnosis of the insured with TPD (before the age of 70) during the policy term, the sum assured will be paid.


    The policy terminates thereafter.


    The insured will have to be certified by a registered medical practitioner to have been totally and permanently disabled for at least six continuous months.


    The aggregate TPD benefit payable on a single life, inclusive of all policies issued by Income and by any other insurer cannot be more than S$6.5 million (not including bonuses).

    If the insured is under 65 years old, TPD, and totally and permanently disabled mean total physical loss, or the inability to take part in any paid work for the rest of a person’s life. We do not pay if the insured is merely unable to perform the same job as before, or is unable to perform a job to which his or her training, education or experience is suited for.
     

    If the insured is 65 years old and above but under 70 years old, TPD, and totally and permanently disabled mean total physical loss, or severe disability.

    Total physical loss means:

    • the total and permanent loss of sight in both eyes;
    • the loss of, or total and permanent loss of use of, two limbs at or above the wrist or ankle; or
    • the total and permanent loss of sight in one eye and the loss of, or total and permanent loss of use of, one limb at or above the wrist or ankle.


    Severe disability means the inability to perform at least three of the following activities of daily living, even with the aid of special equipment and always needing the help of another person throughout the entire activity.

    • Washing – the ability to wash in the bath or shower (including getting into and out of the bath or shower) or wash satisfactorily by other means.
    • Dressing – the ability to put on, take off, secure and unfasten all garments and, as appropriate, any braces, artificial limbs or other surgical appliances.
    • Transferring – the ability to move from a bed to an upright chair or wheelchair and vice versa;
    • Mobility – the ability to move indoors from room to room on level surfaces.
    • Toileting – the ability to use the lavatory or otherwise manage bowel and bladder functions so as to maintain a satisfactory level of personal hygiene.
    • Feeding – the ability to feed oneself once food has been prepared and made available.

    We will not pay this benefit if your claim arises from:

    • deliberate acts such as self-inflicted injuries, illnesses or attempted suicide;
    • unlawful acts, provoked assault, or deliberate exposure to danger; or
    • the effects of alcohol, drugs or any dependence.

    We will also not pay this benefit unless the insured is certified by a registered medical practitioner to have been totally and permanently disabled for at least six months in a row.

    Upon diagnosis of the insured with TI during the policy term, the sum assured will be paid.


    The policy terminates thereafter.

    Terminal illness, and terminally ill, means “any condition caused by illness or injury, where at the time of claim, despite all reasonable medical treatment, the insured is expected to live for no more than 12 months.”

    The specialist medical practitioner treating the condition must provide supporting evidence of the condition, possible medical treatment, the prognosis after undergoing the possible medical treatment, and certify that the insured is expected to live for no more than 12 months despite all possible medical intervention. We reserve the right to appoint an independent medical specialist who is an expert in the condition to confirm the diagnosis and prognosis.

    Terminal Illness in the presence of HIV infection is excluded.

    We will not pay this benefit if your claim arises from:

    • deliberate acts such as self-inflicted injuries, illnesses or attempted suicide; or
    • unlawful acts, provoked assault, or deliberate exposure to danger; or
    • the effects of alcohol, drugs or any dependence.

    Upon diagnosis of the insured with one of the 39 specified DDs during the policy term, the sum assured will be paid (except for angioplasty and other invasive treatment for coronary artery).


    The policy terminates thereafter.


    In the event the insured undergoes angioplasty and other invasive treatment for coronary artery, 10% of the sum assured, subject to a maximum of $25,000 will be paid. Thereafter, the original sum assured will be reduced accordingly.

    We will not pay this benefit if your claim arises from:

    • deliberate acts such as self-inflicted injuries, illnesses or attempted suicide;
    • deliberate misuse of drugs or alcohol;
    • acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), AIDS-related complex or infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), except as stated under HIV due to blood transfusion and occupationally acquired HIV; or
    • major cancers, heart attack of specified severity, coronary artery bypass surgery, angioplasty and other invasive treatment for coronary artery or other serious coronary artery disease, where the insured was diagnosed with the disease within 90 days from the cover start date. For coronary artery bypass surgery and angioplasty and other invasive treatment for coronary artery, the date of diagnosis will be the date the medical condition that leads to the surgical procedure is diagnosed, and not the date of the surgical procedure.

    Your claim must be supported with proper and adequate medical evidence including but not limited to acceptable clinical, radiological, historical and laboratory evidence confirmed by a registered medical practitioner.

    If the insured becomes totally and permanently disabled (before the age of 70), or becomes terminally ill or dies during the policy term, an additional payout of 25% of the sum assured per surviving dependant of the insured will be paid, up to 100% of the sum assured.


    This benefit is only payable once and the policy terminates thereafter.

    The dependants of the insured are:

    • Legal child of insured and is below the age of 21 (as of last birthday at the time of the insured’s death, diagnosis of TPD or TI). The child can be the insured’s biological child or stepchild, or legally adopted by the insured.
    • Spouse of the insured.
    • Parents and parents-in-law of the insured.

    Upon retrenchment of the policyholder during the term of the policy, an additional payout of 1% of the sum assured will be paid for every complete month the policyholder remains unemployed, up to 3 months.


    The benefit will cease on the date the policyholder starts permanent paid employment.


    The retrenchment must have taken place no earlier than six months from the cover start date and have paid at least six month of premiums.


    This benefit may only be claimed once during the term of the policy. You cannot claim this benefit again for the same retrenchment.

    Retrenched and retrenchment mean policyholder losing his/her job as a result of redundancy or because policyholder’s employer profession, business, trade or work is being reorganised.
     

    Employer means any person, company, association, club, society or organization that is formed, incorporated or registered in Singapore and which employs people. This includes the Government and any statutory organisation or authority in Singapore.
     

    Permanent paid employment means entering into any contract of service with any person, company, association, club, society, government or authority, whether in Singapore or overseas, where the policyholder agrees to serve as an employee, including an apprenticeship contract or agreement, or is self-employed.

    No, you do not need to inform us in advance because you can only claim for this benefit if you are unable to find employment for one complete month after retrenchment.

    If the insured survives at the end of the policy term and the policy has not ended, we will pay 20% of all net premiums paid at the end of the policy term.

    No, this policy is not eligible for any bonus as this is a non-participating policy.

    Minimum Maximum
    Insured 18 641
    Policyholder 16 N.A.

    1Policy can be renewed up to a maximum coverage age of 74 (age last birthday).

    Family Protect is a 10 year renewable term life. You may renew the policy again up to the maximum age of 74.

    The minimum and maximum sum assured for Family Protect are $50,000 and $100,000 respectively. There are only two sum assured options.

    No, you can only use cash to buy this policy.

    No, the premiums rates are non-guaranteed, it is level throughout the term of the policy.

    A Selected Client is one who meets at least 2 of the following criteria:

    1. Aged 62 or older
    2. Not conversant in spoken or written English; and
    3. Below GCE ‘O’ Level or ‘N’ level certifications, or equivalent academic qualifications

    A Trusted Individual is defined as an individual who meets all of the following criteria:

    • At least aged 18;
    • Possess at least GCE ‘O’ or ‘N’ level certifications or equivalent academic qualifications;
    • Be proficient in spoken or written English; and
    • Be a person who has the trust of the Selected Client.

    Yes, your application for Family Protect is subject to simplified medical underwriting.

    Yes, you may backdate your policy only if ALL the conditions are met:

    1. You are backdating a traditional life insurance policy to qualify for a lower premium or higher minimum protection value. Backdating for investment-linked policy is not allowed.
    2. The policy is backdated to a date:
    • one day before the Insured’s last birthday;
    • within 6 months from date of receipt of application by us; and
    • not earlier than the official launch date of the main plan or rider, if applicable

    Understand the details

    [1] We will not pay this benefit if the insured was diagnosed with the dread disease within 90 days from the cover start date for major cancer, heart attack of specified severity, coronary artery bypass surgery, angioplasty and other invasive treatment for coronary artery or other serious coronary artery disease.
    However, for angioplasty and other invasive treatment for coronary artery, we will pay 10% of the sum assured, subject to a maximum amount of $25,000. The benefit for angioplasty and other invasive treatment for coronary artery will end once we make this payment. The policy will continue with a reduced sum assured instead.

    [2] We will renew your policy for another 10 years for the same sum assured only if there is no claim for death, total and permanent disability, terminal illness or specified dread disease (except a claim for angioplasty and other invasive treatment for coronary artery) on your policy during its term, and the insured is age 64 (last birthday) and below at the time the policy is due for renewal. However for angioplasty and other invasive treatment for coronary artery, the policy will be renewed for another 10 years at the reduced sum assured. The renewal premium will be determined by Income and is based on the policy’s renewal term, sum assured and the age of the insured at the time the policy is renewed.

    [3] Underwriting will be based on the health declaration found in your proposal form or the medical questionnaires. However, if we deemed necessary after assessing the declaration, we may require the insured to go for specified medical tests.

    [4] The Dependant Booster Benefit is only payable once and the policy terminates thereafter.

    [5] The Retrenchment Benefit pays 1% of your sum assured each month and the $1,000 payout per month is based on $100,000 sum assured. This benefit will cease on the date the policyholder starts permanent paid employment. The retrenchment must have taken place no earlier than six months from the cover start date and you have paid at least six month of premiums. You can claim for this benefit only once during each policy term. You cannot claim this benefit again for the same retrenchment. Cover start date refers to the date we issue the policy, issue an endorsement to include or increase any benefit, or reinstate the policy, whichever is latest.

    [6] If the insured survives at the end of the policy term, and the policy has not ended, the policy will pay out a Cashback Benefit of 20% of all net premiums paid. Net premiums means the regular premium amount as shown in the schedule, or the reduced regular premium if the sum assured was changed earlier. If you change the frequency of your regular premium amount, we will use the then current regular premium amount to work out all net premiums paid. Net premiums exclude the premiums paid on riders.

    [7] If you still have not paid the premium after the initial grace period of 30 days, we will give you another 30 days of grace period to pay the premium, extending the total grace period to 60 days. Your policy will end if you still have not paid the premium after this extended grace period of 60 days. If we are due to pay any benefits during the initial grace period and additional grace period, we will first take off any unpaid premiums from the benefits before we pay the benefits.

    There are certain conditions whereby the benefits under this plan will not be payable. You can refer to your policy contract for the precise terms, conditions and exclusions of the plan. The policy contract will be issued when your application is accepted.

    This is for general information only. You can find the usual terms and conditions of this plan in the policy conditions. All our products are developed to benefit our customers but not all may be suitable for your specific needs. Family Protect may not be suitable for you if you are unsure about which type of term plan or how much coverage to buy as no financial advice is provided during the purchase process. In such a case, we strongly encourage you to speak to a qualified insurance advisor who will be able to advise you on a suitable product. Otherwise, you may end up buying a plan that does not meet your expectations or needs. As a result, you may not be able to afford the premiums or get the insurance protection you want. This policy does not have any cash value.

    This policy is protected under the Policy Owners’ Protection Scheme which is administered by the Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation (SDIC). Coverage for your policy is automatic and no further action is required from you. For more information on the types of benefits that are covered under the scheme as well as the limits of coverage, where applicable, please contact Income Insurance or visit the GIA/LIA or SDIC web-sites (www.gia.org.sg or www.lia.org.sg or www.sdic.org.sg).

    This advertisement has not been reviewed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

    Information is correct as at 28 January 2026

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