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Make sure your financial world does not collapse should the worst happen.
Life cover
Naturally, we all want to do the best for our families, and keep them properly protected on every occasion. In simple terms, life insurance provides a tax-free lump sum on death.
If you need convincing that life insurance is a good product to buy, ask yourself this question. If you were to die, how much money would your family have to live on? Many families would find themselves running short of money very quickly. Your salary would stop, but the household bills and mortgage repayments would still need to be paid.
A payout from a policy could make the difference between your loved ones facing a financial struggle at a challenging and emotional period in their lives, and being able to maintain the sort of lifestyle they enjoyed when you were still around.
Most people tailor their policy to ensure that their financial commitments would be met in the event of their death, so policies are often aligned with the term of a mortgage or other loan.
Life insurance isn’t the only form of protection policy you can take out. Here are some other policy types that families with mortgages often consider.
Income Protection
This type of policy pays a monthly income tax-free if you are unable to work due to an illness or injury. The monthly income under the policy is usually between 50 and 70 percent of your salary and will be paid until you are fit enough to return to work, reach retirement age or the policy reaches maturity.
State benefits often aren’t very generous in this area and only a few employers will continue to support their staff through a long term illness, so income protection policies can be instrumental in helping families through difficult financial times.
You can choose the point at which the policy would pay out in the event of a claim. This can range from a month to up to a year. Policies that pay out sooner will have higher premiums.
Critical Illness
Critical illness cover pays out a tax-free lump sum if you are diagnosed with a major illness as specified in the policy, for example cancer, heart attack or stroke. Some insurers will make a part payment on an early-stage diagnosis of a condition specified in the policy, the percentage will vary from company to company.
Critical illness cover differs from life cover as it is possible you may recover from the illness. Potentially the symptoms could be life changing both financially and physically. A lump sum payment from a critical illness policy could provide the funds needed for additional care, to make modifications to your home or to repay your mortgage.
Family Income Benefit
These policies can offer affordable cover for growing families. Family income benefit policies work in a similar way to ordinary life cover, but instead of a lump sum the policy pays out a regular income if the policyholder dies.
Parents of young children often consider this type of policy, and take it out jointly, as it means that if one of them were to die during the term of the policy, then an income would be paid out for a predetermined period. So, for example, if you had a 20-year policy and were to die five years into it, then the policy would pay out a regular income for the remaining 15 years.
This type of policy can also be combined with critical illness cover.
Writing a policy in trust
This simple formality is now widely used to help pass money on swiftly and efficiently to loved ones on death. A trust is a legal arrangement that ensures the payout from your life policy can be made directly to your beneficiaries, for instance your wife or your children, and doesn’t form part of your estate, and therefore isn’t subject to Inheritance Tax.
In addition, the payment wouldn’t have to wait until the grant of probate (the legal document required to administer your estate) has been granted. Obtaining probate can be a lengthy and time-consuming process, but if a policy is written in trust, the proceeds can be paid out once a death certificate has been obtained.
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Plymouth,
PL1 3LF
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