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A extensive and succinct guide to life insurance cover. It explains all the key termsand what type of cover differentpolicies provide.

Life insurance helps your dependants to be financially secure when you die. When you purchase decide the amount of cash you want the underwriters to pay out when you die – this money is called ”the assured sum”. The premium you pay is based on this amount, and on your age and gender.

Your monthly payments will also be based on the style of insurance policies you need. There are two simple types of life insurance: level term insurance and decreasing term insurance plus many variation s within these types.

Term assurance is frequently taken at the same time as a mortgage and should cover the same period as the mortage. If you haven’t died at the end of the insured term, you won’t get anything back. It is a simple insurance with no aspect of investment. It protects your family by paying out a cash sum should you pass away within the time covered by your insurance policy.

There are two basic styles of term assurance. Level term gives the same payout during the entire life cover which means that you beneficiaries would receive the same amount whether you died on day one of the policy or whether you died right at the end of the term. Level Term cover is usually bought with an interest-only mortgage, where the full capital has to be repaid on the final day of the mortgage term.

Decreasing term cover is where the cash to be paid out reduces by a known sum each year, finishing at nothing at the end of the term. Since the amount of payout declines during the term, premiums on this kind of insurance are cheaper than for level plans. This insurance cover is usually only taken out with repayment mortgages, where the value of the outstanding mortgage reduces during the period of the mortgage.

There is also a type known as increasing term insurance. Some insurance companies call it index linked insurance. This means that the cash payout increases by just a small sum each year in line with inflation. Increasing term insurance is a good way of protecting the buying power of the sum you have insured for.

With convertible term policies, the policyholder has the possibility of changing to another type of life assurance – for instance a “whole of life”. If a person does take up this possibility, they do not have to have any more medical investigations.

If you chose a type of  life assurance called family income benefit your family would receive a tax free monthly income if you were to die and this income would continue until the policy reached its termination date. This gives the plan holders dependents regular payments from the date the policyholder dies to the end of the policy’s term.

Life insurance can be purchased on the internet or from the high street through  insurance companies, brokers or from some friendly societies. Most sell directly to the public. Other outlets selling insurance include websites and mortgage brokers.

Factors affecting monthly premiums include the  whether or not you smoke, your age, sex and the insured sum. Some insurance companies insist on a medical before offering cover, but this is not so common as in previous years.

Life insurance prices alter over time and if you do have an existing policy it might be worth shopping around to find out if you can get a cheaper deal. You can usually finish your existing plan without penalty – but make sureyou have another set of cover in place before you do so.

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