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Renewable Term Life InsuranceKeep your Term Life Insurance Flexible

Renewable Term Life Insurance involves renegotiating the terms of your Life Insurance policy at the end of a pre-agreed period, which may be a year or anything up to 30 years. The idea behind choosing Renewable Term Life Insurance as opposed to a level or decreasing term policy for a longer period of time is that you will be eligible for cheaper premiums while you are younger and healthier (and therefore statistically less likely to die). More info

Important Tips for Buying Life Insurance

  • Life 'Insurance' is different from Life 'Assurance' because it is not a certainty.  You would insure yourself against something unexpected happening, but would take out Assurance to minimise your financial exposure to something inevitable.

  • If you take out any type of 'Term' insurance product, this means that you are choosing a set period of time when your cover will be active.  Beyond this period, your cover is no longer valid.

  • The policy will be cheaper the less 'risky' you are to an insurer.  If you smoke, are in poor health or enjoy high-risk sports, statistically you are more likely to die, and therefore the cost of your premium will be higher.

  • Joint policies for couples should be approached with a certain amount of caution.  The average joint policy pays out only after the first person dies, but for a relatively small amount more you could get separate policies with two payouts, which would have a greater benefit for your family (especially when you consider the expense of inheritance tax).