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Life insurance and critical illness cover do two different jobs: life insurance pays a cash lump sum when you die (or are diagnosed as terminally ill), while critical illness cover pays a lump sum if you are diagnosed with a serious condition listed in the policy, such as cancer, a heart attack or a stroke, […]

Life insurance dementia questions almost always come down to one answer: a new, fully underwritten policy is usually not available after a diagnosis, but a guaranteed-acceptance over 50s plan often is. Insurers treat dementia as a chronic, progressive condition, so standard term or whole of life cover is generally declined at the health-questions stage. A […]

30 year level term life insurance is a policy that pays out a fixed, tax-free lump sum if you die (or, on many policies, are diagnosed with a terminal illness) at any point during a 30-year term. Both your cover amount and your monthly premium stay the same for the full three decades, so there […]

Life insurance is a policy that pays a cash sum to your loved ones if you die during the term of cover, yet many UK adults say they do not hold one. Recent FCA work suggests a large share of UK adults still have no life cover at all. The gap matters because many of […]

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