Life assurance is one of the most basic yet crucial forms of protection. With so many options to choose from, Stephanie Spicer explains what advisers need to know to get the best benefits for their clients
For a client with dependants life assurance is one of the most simple and valuable products you can sell them. Term insurance, where the policy pays out on death within a certain time frame, is very simple and cheap. The amount of cover is fixed for the term of the policy. Term insurance can also be written on a decreasing term basis where the policy is taken out to cover a financial liability, which will decrease over time, for example, a repayment mortgage, so the amount of cover also decreases over time. Family income benefit policies are term assurance policies, which pay out a ta...
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