Mortgage holders seriously under-protected

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Mortgage holders are seriously under-protected according to a national poll carried out by MORI...

Mortgage holders are seriously under-protected according to a national poll carried out by MORI Financial Services. The findings suggest IFAs can target this area as a potential source of business. The poll, carried out on behalf of lifestyle protection specialists, Scottish Provident found that more than two thirds of mortgage holders have no critical illness cover, eight out of ten have no disability cover and over three quarters have no unemployment benefit. Interestingly, the majority of mortgage holders, 63%, did have death benefit. The popularity of death benefit is probably...

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