With most women performing a dual job in both the workplace and the home, it is vital more women get adequate protection, says Cheryl Clements
It seems that life assurance is not for women. At least that's what Legal & General's latest Value of a Mum report shows. Too few women have protection and most of those that do have inadequate cover. Sadly there is nothing new in this finding. Since the survey was first commissioned in 1981 it has regularly found that women tend to be less well insured than men. Yet the survey has consistently highlighted that women do the lion's share of the work around the home. A fair price The trouble is that unpaid work has less recognisable value than the work that earns a wage. So while the ma...
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