Protect income first, house second. When is life cover not first move?
Not financial or legal advice. Do your own checks. Published 10 November 2025. Most business owners buy life cover first. Nicolas Mori, a financial adviser who works with electricians and tradespeople, sees it differently. If you are 23, working at height, and you break a leg, life insurance does nothing for you. Income protection does everything. This short video from LPV.Agency challenges the old order of protection. Protect your income stream before you protect against death. The mortgage still demands payment whether you are earning or not. Statutory sick pay in the UK pays £116 a week. That will not cover rent, let alone a mortgage on a first home. Why this matters if you run a serious business You stop pretending hope is a plan. Most founders assume they will always be able to work. One injury, one illness, and that assumption collapses. Income protection for business owners covers 60 to 70 percent of earnings until you recover. You keep the roof without burning savings. Emergency funds run out. Income protection does not. It keeps paying as long as you cannot work, up to the term limit in your policy. You make decisions from strength, not panic. If cash