Personal Pension Plan

ECB Group Personal Pension Plan for Professional Cricketers

You are entitled to pension contributions from your County Club.

Employer Contributions - 10% of your basic salary.

Employee Contributions - 5% of your basic salary.

Retirement Age - Players who were members prior to 1st April 2006 have a protected age of 40. All other players have an earliest retirement age of 55.

Benefit - A tax free cash sum of 25% of the accrued fund plus a pension from the remaining 75% of your fund.

Life Assurance

Eligibility - all Professional Players with a contract at a First Class County. Cover is maintained between the 1st April and 31st March in each year whilst under Contract.

Benefit

Lump Sum Death Benefit
4 times Basic Salary (generally paid tax free)

Death In Service Pension - only provided for members of the ECB Group Personal Pension Plan for Professional Cricketers.

Benefit

A pension of 25% of basic salary

Expression of Wish Form

It is important that you keep your Expression Of Wish form up to date to enable speedy settlement.

To watch a pod cast with further information click here

To read the members booklet click here

Income Protection Insurance

If you have your career curtailed by injury or illness which prevents you from playing cricket, you may be eligible to claim a percentage of your finishing salary for up to a maximum of 2 years.

To qualify you must be a contributor to the ECB group personal pension scheme.
Payment will not commence until after 26 weeks of absence
% of Basic Salary dependant on age:
75% 17 to 29 years
50% 30 to 34 years
25% 35 to 40 years
Players whose Contract Period ceases before payment commences are still eligable. Payment is subject to full medical evidence.

For more information, contact Pam Wightman on 0142 3521 111 ext 289 or Graham Sheppard on 0142 3521 111 ext 231 at PFP Group.

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