Life Insurance - Brits at financial risk - 06/05/2008

Norwich Union have recently conducted a survey that has found that an estimated 20 million Britons are at risk financially because they have do not have any type of life insurance or cover related to their earnings.

The study shows some of the reasons as to why this is happening. Amongst the causes it is thought that 15% are believed to have made other provisions, 10% are not concerned with taking out any form of life insurance, because they have no dependents and believe they will not benefit from having a life insurance policy. 9% also say that because of insurance they have taken out on a mortgage they believe that is sufficient enough.

Also the study has found that 3% of people do not have a policy because they do not fully understand what it is as well as 37% who are getting around to it, or just plain and simply have not thought about it.

Head of protection marketing at Norwich Union, Darren Dicks had this to say “These findings are cause for concern as they suggest many people are taking an it wont happen to me’ approach to protection. Around 52% of UK adults have no life cover at all and the remainder are either underinsured or unsure about what type of cover they hold.”
Bookmark with:
  print Print Preview   email E-mail to a friend
 
Comments
Not comments have been posted yet.
 
Do you have something to say? (maximum comment length of 250 characters)

Post your comment
 
 
 
Related News
  15/01/2010 - Life insurance a must. It has been revealed by a health and life insurance magazine that patients with...
26/10/2009 - Age brackets for life insurance to increase. The Office of National Statistics has revealed recently that the life expectancy of residents...
19/10/2009 - Life insurance is the only safety net left for workers during recession. Close to half a million workers in the UK are at risk today because...
 
Related Guides
  Critical illness insurance explained. Critical illness insurance explained Types of Life insurance Do I need Life insurance? Life...
Life insurance for young people. Life insurance for young people Types of Life insurance Do I need Life insurance?...
Types of Life insurance. Types of life insurance Types of Life insurance Do I need Life insurance? Life...
 
Related Articles
  Life Insurance: A Helping and Supporting Hand towards a Secured Future. Today in this fast pace world, we are continuously busy in earning bread and...
The importance of life insurance today. Life insurance is not a legal requirement. Yet in these current economic times, life...
Insurance guide to help public with money. It has been revealed that a financial educational tsar, or commissioner may be launched,...

Life Insurance News
15/01/2010 - Life insurance a must. It has been revealed by a health and life...
Read More
13/01/2010 - UK residents asked to re-evaluate lapsed life insurance policies. New research that was conducted on residents in the...
Read More
08/01/2010 - Life insurance growth. Since the recession hit, life insurance sales have plummeted,...
Read More
08/01/2010 - Life insurance lapses. It has been revealed by a life insurance group...
Read More
More News >>