Q. I am a married 51 year old surgeon, and have several large pension funds which have built up over many years, with a combined value of around £400k. I dont intend to cash in my pensions until age 60 plus, and have recently turned my attention to the subject of Inheritance Tax. Our estate [...]
Life Assurance, Critical Illness Cover etc – Are You Paying For Policies You Don’t Need?
November 16, 2009 By
One of the common issues we find when we review a new client’s situation is that over the years they have been sold (or have purchased) many life, critical illness and income protection policies. Now, it’s important of course to state that such cover for, say, a couple with a family and a mortgage, is [...]
Critical Illness Claim Statistics 2008
March 24, 2009 By
In line with the trends of the last 3-4 years, many insurance companies have announced their claims statistics for critical illness cover. As a brief reminder, the idea with critical illness cover is that it will pay out a lump sum (usually) in the event of diagnosis of a number of serious illnesses. Critical illness [...]
