This is also called Term Life Insurance. With this policy, you choose how much life cover you would like (Sum insured) and how long you would like the cover for (the Term). You can insure one person or two people on this policy. If the person insured dies during the term of the policy, a pay-out is made and the policy ceases. If you do not die before the end of the term of the policy, the policy will also cease. There is no savings element to these policies.

Convertible Term Life Insurance is similar to Level Term Life Insurance but with an added benefit. This type of cover gives you what​ is called a ‘Conversion Option’. This allows you to extend the cover beyond the term at any time before the expiry of your existing policy without medical underwriting.

In effect, you are setting up a new life insurance policy without having to supply any medical information. It is slightly more expensive than Level Term Assurance as you are paying a higher premium for the option of extending your cover in the future regardless of your state of health.

A more comprehensive form of Life Cover with no specific term: you are covered until you die, as long as you pay the required premium. They are often used as a means of reducing inheritance tax liabilities. The main difference here is that the premiums are not guaranteed. So, the insurance provider reserves the right to review the premium on the policy at set intervals, usually every 5 years; but in the later stages, this can be as often as every year.

You should apply for your mortgage life insurance as early as you can as you will need to give the bank your policy documents a few days before you are going to draw down the mortgage loan from them.

If you are not sure of the exact date you will be getting your loan cheque, you can still submit your application for approval and advise us of the start date as soon as you are sure of same. There is no cost as payments only commence after the policy has started i.e. gone live.

Life policies are available on a Single Life basis, a Dual Life Basis or Joint Life basis.

Single Life Cover

This is taken out by one person and is payable on their death over the term of the policy.

Join Life Cover

As it suggests joint life cover is taken out for two people and is payable on one death within the term of the policy. Most joint life policies are set up on a Joint Life First Death basis. This means that the policy will pay out after the death of either one of the people covered. When the claim is paid, the proceeds will be paid to the other policy holder. As there is only the potential for one payout, there can only be one sum insured, i.e. the two lives cannot be covered for different amounts. Once a claim is paid, the policy ceases.

Dual Life Cover

Indexation is an optional benefit that allows you to increase your life cover each year in line with inflation. This means that the level of cover that you have will increase each year by a certain percentage. Your premium will also increase each year and the rate your benefit increases is lower than the rate your premium increases. For example, Royal London increase your benefit by 3% and your premium at 4%. Each provider has different rates of indexation. You can opt out of indexation at any stage during your plan.