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Is Buying Relevant Life Policy Leads the Right Approach?

Relevant life policies are one of the UK's best-kept secrets in the protection market. They allow company directors and employees to receive life cover — and often critical illness cover — as a tax-efficient benefit paid for by their limited company. The premiums are treated as an allowable business expense, there's no benefit-in-kind charge for the employee, and the payout sits outside the individual's estate for inheritance tax purposes. For directors of limited companies, it's one of the most efficient ways to arrange personal protection.

Despite these compelling advantages, awareness of relevant life policies among business owners remains surprisingly low. Many directors are still paying for personal life insurance from their own taxed income, unaware that arranging the same cover through their company would save them a significant amount in tax. This awareness gap is where these leads find their value — the consumers who enquire have typically just discovered the concept and want expert guidance on whether it applies to their situation.

Buying relevant life policy leads works well if you understand the tax advantages inside out and can explain them clearly to a director who may be hearing about the product for the first time. The conversation is as much about tax efficiency as it is about life cover itself. Directors want to understand the Corporation Tax savings, the absence of National Insurance contributions, and how the policy interacts with their existing personal protection. If you can walk through these numbers confidently, you'll convert well.

The leads are particularly valuable because relevant life policies tend to stick. Once a director has arranged tax-efficient life cover through their company, they rarely move it — the tax advantages are too compelling to give up, and the cover becomes embedded in their overall financial planning. This means excellent persistency and reliable trail commission.

Where relevant life leads are less suitable is for advisers without a solid understanding of corporate tax structures and the specific rules around relevant life policies. If you can't confidently explain why the premium is an allowable business expense, what the HMRC conditions are, and how it differs from a registered group life scheme, you'll struggle to build the trust these business-owner clients require.

How We Generate Relevant Life Policy Leads

Relevant life policy leads come from a distinct demographic — company directors and business owners who've become aware of the tax advantages and want professional advice on arranging cover. Our lead generation targets this awareness moment across multiple channels.

On our owned platforms, we create educational content specifically addressing the tax benefits of relevant life policies. Articles covering topics like how directors can get life insurance paid by their company, Corporation Tax savings on life cover, and relevant life policies versus registered group life schemes attract visitors who are actively investigating the concept. Many arrive after a conversation with their accountant or after reading about the product in a business publication.

Our paid campaigns target company directors on Google and LinkedIn using keywords and audience targeting related to tax-efficient life cover, director benefits, and corporate life insurance. The messaging leads with the tax savings rather than the insurance product itself — because that's what resonates with directors who are constantly looking for legitimate ways to extract value from their company tax-efficiently.

The qualifying form captures whether the consumer is a company director or employee, the type of company they work for, their current life cover arrangements (personal or company-paid), the level of cover they're interested in, whether they want life cover only or life and critical illness combined, and whether their accountant is aware of their enquiry. This last point is important — if the accountant already knows, the decision process is usually faster.

Every lead is SMS verified by the individual themselves, confirming they're genuinely interested in speaking with a specialist adviser about arranging relevant life cover through their company.

Relevant Life Policy Lead Pricing and Market Dynamics

Relevant life policy leads are priced between £20 and £45 per lead. The pricing reflects the specialist nature of the product and the typically higher income profile of the consumers — these are company directors and senior employees, not the general public.

The economics work favourably for advisers because relevant life policies tend to have higher premiums than equivalent personal policies. A director arranging £500,000 of life and critical illness cover through a relevant life policy might pay £150-£250 per month. Because the premium is paid by the company and is tax-deductible, the director is often willing to arrange higher cover levels than they would with personal policies paid from taxed income. This naturally leads to higher case values for the adviser.

Conversion rates for relevant life leads typically range from 14% to 24%. The higher conversion rate compared to many business protection products reflects the fact that the tax advantages are genuinely compelling, and most directors who understand the concept proceed with the arrangement. The main reasons for non-conversion are directors discovering they already have adequate group life cover (making a relevant life policy unnecessary) or the director's company structure not being suitable (sole traders and partnerships can't use relevant life policies).

The sales cycle is typically two to four weeks — shorter than most business protection products because the decision usually involves only the director themselves (and sometimes their accountant), rather than multiple business partners. Many conversions happen within a single consultation if the director's accountant has already endorsed the concept.

We recommend starting with 8-12 leads per week. The conversion rates are strong enough to generate consistent completions even from a modest lead volume, and the higher case values mean each conversion contributes meaningfully to your revenue.

The Tax Advantages — Your Central Selling Point

The tax efficiency of relevant life policies is the primary reason directors arrange them, and your ability to explain these advantages clearly is the single biggest factor in your conversion rate. Here's the framework that works well in advisory conversations.

The premium is paid by the company and treated as an allowable business expense for Corporation Tax purposes. At the current Corporation Tax rate, this immediately reduces the effective cost of the cover. A policy costing £200 per month in premium effectively costs the company less after tax relief — a saving that accumulates significantly over the policy term.

Unlike salary or dividends, the premium doesn't attract National Insurance contributions from either the employer or the employee. And because it's not treated as a benefit in kind under HMRC rules (provided the policy meets the relevant life conditions), the director doesn't pay income tax on the premium. Compare this with paying for personal life insurance from dividends — where the company pays Corporation Tax on the profits, the director pays dividend tax on the distribution, and only then can the premium be paid from what's left.

The payout from a relevant life policy is written into a discretionary trust, which means it sits outside the director's estate for inheritance tax purposes. For directors with estates approaching or exceeding the IHT threshold, this is an additional and significant advantage.

When you present these three layers of tax efficiency together — Corporation Tax relief, no NIC or BIK, and IHT protection — the case for a relevant life policy becomes almost unarguable for most directors. The only question is whether they qualify and how much cover to arrange.

Tips for Converting Relevant Life Policy Leads

Relevant life leads convert well when you combine tax expertise with clear communication. Here's what we see working.

Start with their current arrangement. Ask whether they currently have personal life insurance and how they pay for it. If they're paying from dividends, you can immediately demonstrate the tax saving by comparing the net cost under both approaches. Seeing the numbers side by side is usually the moment the director's interest solidifies into intent.

Be ready for the accountant conversation. Many directors will want their accountant's sign-off before proceeding. This is entirely reasonable and you should encourage it — not resist it. Offer to prepare a summary that the director can share with their accountant, or better still, offer to speak with the accountant directly. An accountant who understands and endorses relevant life policies will often recommend them to their other director clients, creating a referral pipeline for you.

Clarify the eligibility criteria. Not everyone who enquires will be eligible. The individual must be an employee of a limited company — self-employed individuals, sole traders, and partners in partnerships don't qualify. If a lead turns out to be ineligible, handle it gracefully and offer alternative advice on personal protection. They may not be right for a relevant life policy, but they still need life cover.

Discuss the trust arrangement. Relevant life policies must be written into a discretionary trust to qualify for the tax advantages. Some directors may be unfamiliar with trusts and find them complicated. Explaining that this is a straightforward process — and that most insurers provide a pre-written trust form specifically for relevant life policies — removes a barrier that might otherwise slow the decision.

Mention critical illness cover. Many directors don't realise that relevant life policies can include critical illness cover, not just life cover. Adding CI to a relevant life policy gives the director comprehensive protection on a tax-efficient basis. It increases the premium (and your commission) but also delivers genuinely better cover for the client.

Developing Your Own Relevant Life Policy Pipeline

Accountant referrals are the most effective long-term source of relevant life policy leads. Accountants who understand the tax advantages will proactively recommend relevant life arrangements to their director clients, and a single accounting firm with 50-100 director clients can generate a steady stream of referrals over many years.

Building these relationships requires demonstrating your expertise — not just in relevant life policies but in the broader tax landscape that directors navigate. Hosting a CPD session for an accountancy practice, writing a guide that accountants can share with their clients, or simply having an initial meeting where you walk through the product in detail can establish you as a trusted specialist.

Content marketing works well for relevant life policies because the product is largely unknown to its target audience. A well-optimised blog post explaining how directors can get tax-efficient life cover through their company can rank well on Google and attract a steady stream of organic enquiries. The search volume isn't enormous, but the intent is high and the conversion potential is strong.

Buying leads provides immediate pipeline while you build these longer-term channels. For advisers entering the relevant life market, bought leads offer the opportunity to develop expertise and build case studies that you can then use to attract accountant referrals and organic traffic. The two approaches work hand in hand.