Whole of Life

A proposal to aid low income families by speeding up life insurance payments is to be discussed by the ABI.

Legal & General has amended its joint life policies to protect surviving policyholders who would have suffered due to a partner's non-disclosure.

When approaching later life, as term assurance comes to an end, clients do not want to be concerned with either increasing mortgage terms or reevaluating wills in order to avoid inheritance tax issues. By taking out whole of life cover instead, Simon...

It is not surprising that whole of life is unpopular with consumers: the product, which gets more expensive as the policyholder gets older, seems particularly unattractive during a recession. Could it get any worse? Probably not. Peter Carvill asks if...

Whole of life (WOL) rates at Legal & General have been reduced by an average of 6%. Legal & General'...

The whole of life market has been hit with yet another year of poor sales figures, but is there a way that the sector can grow to offer a more up-to-date offering to consumers? Lucy Quinton reports. Click here to download pdf

As house prices remain sky high, insurers must acknowledge and act on the link between property value and Inheritance Tax to pre-empt future threshold rises, writes Ian Noble

Advisers can no longer afford to be locked out of the debate about the benefits offered by trusts, as Phil Carroll demonstrates

After another disastrous year for WOL, is there any hope for growth in this market? Lucy Quinton finds out more Click here to download pdf

Zurich's announces its 2007 plans to focus more on products sold through IFAs