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As there are different types of cover, it may be of use to run through some of the main life insurance policy types here. Typically, a life insurance policy is associated with what's referred to as term life insurance cover. The cover runs for a fixed term - perhaps twenty years or so - then stops, cover ceasing at the end of that term. This has the effect that if you die even a day after the end of the plan, no lump sum is paid to your family. Because, for some, this is perceived as an unfair and unsatisfactory scenario, you can instead choose a whole life insurance policy which does not expire in this way and which, therefore, as long as you continue to pay the premium, ensures that the lump sum will be paid. With this, your family are, obviously, guaranteed payment, whatever your age at death. It's more costly because it includes an investment component to meet the cost to the insurer of your death which, in risk terms, is 100%. This is very different to a term life insurance policy where, of course, in the vast majority of cases, no payment is made. As most people use a life insurance policy to cover the cost of repaying the mortgage if the breadwinner dies, very often people will select a fixed term policy and match the expiry of the plan to the completion of the mortgage repayment. If the mortgage is interest only until final repayment, the lump sum required to redeem it does not reduce over time and consequently a level term life insurance policy is needed. With this type of cover, the lump sum remains fixed for the duration of the life insurance policy. If mortgage repayments lead to a gradual reduction in the cost of mortgage redemption, this can be matched with a different the type of life insurance policy, known as decreasing term life cover, which is cheaper than level cover. Because critical illness cover is not automatically included in a life insurance policy, you do need to include this too. While you can leave it out, it is, at least in our view, illogical to take steps to protect your family financially if your income is lost through death only to leave a gap in that cover should it be lost due to illness. |
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