12:50 am Thu 11 Mar 2010
Sheila
Tarr
Independent
Financial
Services

Protection: Whole of Life Cover

 
A Whole-of-life (WOL) assurance is, as the name implies, designed to cover the life assured for the whole of that lifetime. It will pay out the amount of the life cover in the event of the death of the life assured provided that the policy remains in force.

As WOL assurance will definitely pay out sooner or later, life companies build up a reserve to enable them to pay out when a life assured dies. This also allows life companies to offer surrender values on WOL plans that are cancelled before the death of a life assured. These surrender values however are generally small when looking at the sum assured and the premiums that have been paid.

WOL plans can be arranged in a variety of ways to suit the individual and their needs and if it is something you would like more information on, please contact Sheila Tarr I.F.S