Ageas Protect has added family bereavement support to a range of its protection policies.
Access to Winston's Wish, offering support and guidance to bereaved children, young people and their families is now available to anyone with children who makes a call to claim on a YourLife Plan, Low Start or Real Life Cover policy.
The new service can range from advice over the phone to one to one support sessions and residential courses, as long as they can provide Winston's Wish with the relevant policy details.
Commenting, Steve Casey, Head of Marketing and Propositions at Ageas Protect, said:
" Whether it's a sudden death or a more chronic illness, the remaining parent or guardian is often so struck by their own grief that supporting their grieving children in an effective way can seem entirely overwhelming.
"Winston's Wish can now pass on their guidance and expertise to the families of Ageas Protect customers to help them rebuild their lives for a positive future."
The partnership with Winston's Wish follows shortly after Ageas Protect extended its partnership with Best Doctors, providing term assurance customers with a second medical opinion as part of their policy, earlier this year.
Catherine Ind, Chief Executive Officer of Winston's Wish added: "Many people may not know that there is assistance and bereavement support specifically for children.
"By linking directly with Ageas Protect, we will be able to reach out to more children and young people who have been bereaved."
Winton's Wish supports 20,000 children in the UK every year.
