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Health cover when your SME team includes older employees

How SME group PMI treats mature and older employees: age loadings, underwriting and why you should not default to a consumer over-50s product for staff.

Group schemes can include employees in their 50s, 60s and beyond, subject to insurer maximum entry ages. Premiums rise with age. Do not buy a consumer “over 50s” cash plan and assume it is group PMI — it is a different product.

Pricing reality

A few older lives on a small scheme move the average age and the rate. That is expected. Brokers can show optional excesses or cover reductions if the renewal is unaffordable, rather than dropping cover altogether.

Underwriting

Older joiners may bring more declared history. Moratorium versus full medical underwriting will matter more than on a young startup. Disclose accurately.

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