Life Insurance

Despite providing financial protection, people often avoid taking out life insurance because they perceive it to be expensive, it has been claimed.To address this, Barclays is offering a 15 per cent discount on new customers' life insurance premiums, as well as entries into a prize draw for ... read more »

Millions of Britons could be putting their families at risk financially because they do not have life insurance, it has been claimed.The Post Office reported that approximately 36 million adults in the UK do not currently have life insurance.According to the firm, 28 per cent of people believe such ... read more »

The average Briton has savings that would only last them for 52 days if they were unable to work, new research suggests.Furthermore, over a third of people would be able to last only 11 days, according to the survey from Yorkshire Building Society.However, 17 per cent of respondents think they or ... read more »

Plan Insure has warned those thinking of not taking out insurance that "protection is vital".Simon Firmin, life and pensions adviser for Plan Insure, emphasised that neglecting to take out life insurance when getting a mortgage can be a "risky" tactic in the long term.Commenting ... read more »

New research from PruProtect has revealed that although more than half of Brits place their financial issues top on their list of concerns, almost one in ten do not have any type of insurance.PruProtect found that nine per cent of people in the UK have not insured themselves in any way, despite ... read more »