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		<title>5 Quickest ways to lower your Life Insurance Premium</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worried about the spiraling life insurance premium? We have enlisted 5 quickest ways to lower your life insurance premium. Well, keep these points in mind but do tread with caution and act prudently. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Worried about the spiraling life insurance premium? We have enlisted 5 quickest ways to lower your life insurance premium. Well, keep these points in mind but do tread with caution and act prudently. </p>
<p>Shop around and Bargain<br />
Shop, Compare and Bargain! Well, the oldest principle, old as dirt, but still going strong. Once decided on your coverage, dont just sign up for the first plan that crosses your eye. Ensure that you shop around (internet is a great place to start) and get a feel of the market. This would help you to bargain hard and get the greatest coverage at the lowest possible price. </p>
<p>Opt for Term Life Insurance  The quickest way to lower your life insurance premium is to opt for Term Life Insurance policy instead of a whole-life policy. The idea is to keep insurance as what it is and not turn it into an investment product. Thus, you can get yourself insured under term life policy at the fraction of the cost of a whole-life scheme with typically the same coverage amount. However, do not forget that Term Life Insurance covers you only for a pre-defined period of time. </p>
<p>Keep yourself Fit  Be a low risk proposition for your insurance provider by maintaining a healthy lifestyle and keeping yourself away from addictions such as smoking, drugs and alcohol. A good health record will result in considerable reduction in your life insurance premiums.</p>
<p>Consult an Insurance Advisor &#8211; To reduce your life insurance premium, the easiest thing you can do is to consult a good Insurance Advisor. Since the advisor will be pro in the insurance marketplace, he/she would be able to get you to the most affordable deal in line with your coverage requirements. Essentially a good insurance advisor would compare different market rates for you and would also negotiate the best rates on your behalf. Well, internet is a great place to identify an agent. </p>
<p>Start at a young age!<br />
Insure yourself at a young age. Life insurance premium at a young age is only a fraction of what it could be when you are well into your middle-age. The premise is young and healthy people are the lowest risk segment. The low mortality risk is a great incentive for insurance companies to insure you at lower premiums.</p>

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		<title>Discount Life Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 06:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life insurance is a type of insurance policy that provides financial security and peace of mind for you, your family and dependants. It is based on the simple principle that should you die during the term of the life insurance policy, the person(s) named in the insurance policy will receive a lump sum or series [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life insurance is a type of insurance policy that provides financial security and peace of mind for you, your family and dependants. It is based on the simple principle that should you die during the term of the life insurance policy, the person(s) named in the insurance policy will receive a lump sum or series of payments for the insured amount. If you have a mortgage and/or are the main income producer in the family, a life insurance policy will ensure your family&#8217;s future is secure as the payment can be configured to pay off all outstanding debts and provide a substantial income for the ones that you leave behind.</p>
<p>Buying life insurance</p>
<p>When buying life insurance it is advisable to shop around for the best discount. Life insurance premiums can vary significantly between life insurance providers, while some providers will even offer discount life insurance, guaranteeing their premiums to be the lowest available on a like-for-like basis. If you want the best discount on your life insurance policy you&#8217;ll need to look out for special discount offers run by the insurance providers. This may take some time however, and you&#8217;re not guaranteed that the next discount offer that becomes available will be the right type of life insurance policy for your circumstances.</p>
<p>Alternatively, you should instead conduct your search for discount life insurance online. </p>
<p>Online = discount life insurance</p>
<p>Why is it important to look online for discount life insurance you may ask? Well, the reasons are numerous! It&#8217;s quick, it&#8217;s easy and there is a huge amount of choice available on life insurance policies at the click of your mouse. Best of all though, life insurance policies found online are generally cheaper than those found offline. This is because there are fewer overheads involved in processing an online application form for life insurance than there is when a life insurance company processes a paper-based application. The costs incurred by the life insurance company when they advertise on the Internet are also lower than say if they were to advertise on the TV, radio or via newspapers.</p>
<p>Additionally, portals and web sites that provide a comparison between different life insurance policies, some of which will be discount polices, are certainly worth a visit, especially if they provide access to online application forms. Why are they worth a visit? Well, not only will these portals offer you a selection of the lowest priced discount policies available, but you may also be able to pick up a further discount when buying the life insurance policy through the portal.</p>

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		<title>Does My Child Need Life Insurance Coverage?</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whether or not a child needs life insurance coverage is a widely argued debate. If you examine the following information and feel that you are in a position that would benefit from life insurance being placed on your child, then this would be the best decision for you. Some people are not in a situation that would be helped by their child having life insurance. The conclusion to this debate will vary from person to person and you will only be able to get to the appropriate answer for your situation by thinking about the main points of such coverage.</p>
<p>Many people argue that children do not need life insurance. Being as the mortality rate for children is much lower than that of adults, some people feel that such coverage is an unnecessary economic drain on a family. On top of that, insurance is given out to individuals who have something to lose in the event of the untimely death of the individual insured. Adults often provide for their family. While children are beloved and indispensable on an emotional and mental level, they very rarely offer their family financial or monetary stability. As such, it is unlikely that, from a financial standpoint, individuals would have something to lose from the death of a child.</p>
<p>On the other side of the argument, some people feel that having a life insurance policy on a child is a good thing to put in place since it is never too soon to get life insurance coverage. Everyone dies, and these people will be prepared from a fiscal standpoint. As a person gets older, their life insurance premiums almost always increase over time. This is because individuals often open themselves up more to either short-term or long-term life-threatening practices, such as smoking, drinking, driving vehicles including motorcycles and the like. Children are still fairly innocent and limited in their exposure. Children can get some of the lowest insurance premiums offered by life insurance companies. In addition, many life insurance companies that offer coverage for children will keep the premiums the same, no matter how old the child eventually gets. There is definitely an advantage for individuals who have their insurance premiums set when they are three years old as opposed to fifty years old.</p>
<p>For the most part, a family&#8217;s financial situation will help them to determine which decision might be best for them. If a family has the extra money needed to pay for such a policy, it might be good for the child when it comes to the long-term experiences of their life. Specifically, it would be great for the child when it gets to the point that they would eventually need to file for life insurance coverage. However, if a family does not have the money needed for such a venture, this is not necessarily a bad thing. Most families do not need the policy coverage that the child&#8217;s policy would offer. The benefits are often established and developed later, when the child needs to take over such payments and they find out they will be paying a lot less compared to other people their age who are just now taking out life insurance policies.</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to make your family financially secured after your death, the only answer is, own a life insurance policy. Moreover these life insurance policies help to keep alive the plans you made for your family and the career of your children even after your death. So now you could see the priority of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you want to make your family financially secured after your death, the only answer is, own a life insurance policy. Moreover these life insurance policies help to keep alive the plans you made for your family and the career of your children even after your death. So now you could see the priority of life insurance policy in ones life.</p>
<p>Now with the availability of so many life insurance policies you might ponder for the right and cheap life insurance policy a well as that which works best for you. Many people consider term life insurance policy to be the cheapest and simplest way to cover their beloved ones future in the event of their death. For instance, if the term life insurance policy matches the repayment term of your mortgage, the life insurance lump sum can be used to clear your mortgage debt in case you die before the mortgage repayment term cease.</p>
<p>The more you go with convoluted insurance policy the more premium you are required to pay. Thats the reason why many people prefer term life insurance policy.</p>
<p>Since the premium you pay is very less (as there is no investment element), Term life insurance becomes the most affordable and cheapest way to cover your life. You get the payment as lump sum if you die within a specified period.</p>
<p>However, it is seen that life insurance premiums are now up to 40% cheaper than they were before.</p>
<p>It is also advisable to get as many numbers of life insurance quotes before you apply for a policy as it decides how much your premium will be.</p>
<p>Term life insurance quotes can be collected from banks, any financial organization or any reliable consultants. However it is best to get online term life insurance quotes and then make a comparison based on your budget and requirement. However check for the authenticity of online companies before investing in any of them.</p>
<p>However, these quotes can change once you complete with the application. If you are unhappy with the premium, you may not carry on with the policy.</p>
<p>Policies generally require a medical clearance test, but if you dont want to wait for a medical report you can go for term life insurance no exam policy, which is also affordable and cheap.</p>

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		<title>How To Choose The Right Life Insurance Policy</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life insurance  what is it &#038; how does it work?</p>
<p>Life insurance is the simplest, most popular and cost effective way to financially protect any dependants in the event of your death. While it wont help those left behind to get over their loss, the benefit of a lump sum, in most cases tax-free, will guarantee your family aren&#8217;t deprived of funds during an already stressful time.</p>
<p>With the cost of life insurance at an all time low, now is the perfect time to arrange cover. For those in good health, a policy that was taken out six years ago can be replaced today for significantly less, despite the fact that being older, one is in theory at greater risk. The industry over-reaction to the threat of AIDS initially caused premiums to rocket skywards, but when the expected epidemic failed to materialise, costs fell rapidly from the mid 1990s onwards.</p>
<p>Life insurance premiums vary from person to person, with factors such as age, gender, current and previous health, lifestyle, term required, occupation and smoker status all having an influence. Risk is assessed with the use of whats known in the industry as mortality tables to determine the premium for a particular individual, to which a &#8216;loading&#8217; may be added which takes further account of other factors relating to medical history and lifestyle.</p>
<p>Whole of life versus term life insurance</p>
<p>Life insurance can be split into two main types, known as whole of life insurance and term life insurance. In essence, as the name suggests, whole of life insurance provides cover for the lifetime of the policyholder, whereas term life insurance provides cover for the duration of an agreed period in time. For all policies its crucial to ensure that premium payments are kept up to date to keep cover in place.</p>
<p>Whole of life insurance</p>
<p>Whole of life insurance tends to be the more expensive option, though often has the advantage of being more flexible. It can fulfil many purposes including personal protection, family protection and inheritance tax planning, and can be combined with a term life insurance policy to cover specific debts as required.</p>
<p>Typically, policyholders&#8217; contributions are invested and life insurance benefits are &#8216;purchased&#8217; using the investment fund. The funds performance, along with other factors, has a significant effect on the level of future benefits. As the policyholders age increases the cost of the insurance increases, thus reducing the sum in the investment pot. The investment element varies from insurer to insurer; some are more generous payers than others, making the expert advice of an insurance broker or independent financial adviser invaluable in choosing such a policy. Some plans require contribution until the policyholders death, some for a set period of time, and some up until a certain age is reached, with additional options available to cover specific illnesses or disability. The common factor throughout is that cover is maintained for the life of the policyholder, making whole of life insurance a very popular way to leave dependants a nest egg.</p>
<p>One great benefit of whole of life insurance is that the guarantee of a payout on the policyholders death, at whatever point in time that may be, removes much of the guesswork involved in other types of life insurance. As long as premiums are maintained, cover is assured. Although the more expensive option, its important to note that premiums are lower than those one would pay in later life by repeatedly renewing term life policies.</p>
<p>Term life insurance</p>
<p>A simpler option, term life insurance offers basic cover for a set number of years, usually at low cost. A term life insurance policy requires a regular premium payment and pays out a lump sum on the policyholder&#8217;s death providing this occurs within the term of the policy. Death outside of the term to which the policy applies wont result in a payout, meaning the loss of any investment made, making it particularly important to be sure that cover is adequate and the term is appropriate.</p>
<p>Some policies can be extended to provide critical illness cover; full disclosure of all medical conditions, existing and historic, is vital when arranging this to avoid a denial of payment just when its needed most. Its also imperative to be certain exactly which conditions the policy covers, as insurance companies are notoriously specific as to the illnesses theyll pay out for!</p>
<p>Term life insurance cover can be further categorised into these types:</p>
<p>Flat-rate (or level) cover &#8211; offers a set amount of cover for the policy term, fixed from the outset.</p>
<p>Decreasing (or mortgage protection insurance) cover &#8211; cover decreases over the term of the policy, often inline with a diminishing mortgage debt.</p>
<p>Family income benefit  pays out a regular income rather than a lump sum during the policy term.<br />
Increasing term assurance &#8211; premiums and benefits increase each year, usually in line with inflation, allowing the protection of a lifestyle.</p>
<p>Convertible term assurance  gives the option to convert to a whole of life policy without giving new information about your health.</p>
<p>How much cover do I need?</p>
<p>Its important to correctly identify your dependants financial needs to establish just how much life insurance cover to arrange. A general rule is to choose a policy providing at least ten times your salary, but more may be appropriate, with the amount varying depending on how you intend it to be used. Basically you decide how much you want your dependants to receive in the event of your death, and your premiums will be determined accordingly.</p>
<p>Dont overlook factors like:</p>
<p> Mortgage repayments<br />
 Replacing the primary earner&#8217;s salary<br />
 Replacing childcare<br />
 Education expenses<br />
 Outstanding debts<br />
 Support for a business partner</p>
<p>What do I need to look out for?</p>
<p>Before signing anything, look carefully at the terms and conditions of your proposed life insurance policy giving particular attention to any regulations pertaining to payouts. Some policies may not, for example, pay out if death is caused by participation in certain dangerous sports or activities.</p>
<p>In the case of index-linked policies which allow for economic change, its important to establish whether the policy is linked automatically or whether theres the need to opt-in to linkage each year; failure to do so could result in being locked out of future linking.</p>
<p>Though life insurance payouts are usually tax-free, there are circumstances where taxes will apply. A life insurance policy can be placed in trust to protect revenue and provide payment more quickly, though this is a complex issue which needs professional advice for clarity before proceeding.</p>
<p>A joint-life policy is a popular and often less expensive option for couples which covers the two of them simultaneously, with options for payout on a first-death or last-survivor basis.</p>
<p>How much will it cost?</p>
<p>The cost of each different policy offered by a life insurance company varies widely, and depends on a number of factors: the type of policy, the length of the policy term, the size of the death benefit, the flexibility of the policy, number of people covered by the policy and so on.<br />
The only certainty is that the longer you delay getting life insurance, the more expensive the premiums will be!</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the world today when human health and life are extremely precarious, getting a health insurance becomes mandatory for every individual. Health insurance can be of immense benefit in the hours of need. It brings requisite money at your doorstep when you are impotent to earn and meet your medical and other expenses. On the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the world today when human health and life are extremely precarious, getting a health insurance becomes mandatory for every individual. Health insurance can be of immense benefit in the hours of need. It brings requisite money at your doorstep when you are impotent to earn and meet your medical and other expenses. On the same hand it is also a great help to the persons family.<br />
But despite of being aware of the value of an individuals life on and also of the countless advantages fetched by a health insurance policy, people hesitate in taking it. According to surveys the primary reason behind it is the cost of the policy. However, if a person is little vigilant he can always gain the pleasure of a health insurance policy at affordable rates. </p>
<p>The cost of a health insurance policy varies greatly with the region in which an individual is located. All the health insurance plans are not available everywhere. For instance citizens of places like Washington State and Kentucky do not have many options to explore. People residing in the rural areas such as Texas and the like do not get to save enough on HMO policies due to lack of people that make it economical. Similarly some states do not have the option for an association health plan. However these things should not obstruct you from buying a health insurance policy. For there are quite a few ways in which you can acquire a reasonably priced life insurance policy.</p>
<p>In order to have an affordable policy, the foremost thing to be done is to opt for a health insurance broker who is well acquainted with the insurance market and business. Internet is the perfect means to hunt for an agent. A broker will not just present different market rates to you but will also negotiate with the company for the rates. Moreover he will also tell you what are the different ways in which you can lower your premiums like by joining a group etc. </p>
<p>Another good way to procure an affordable policy is to obtain online quotes. There are quite a few sites that will assist you with the requisite details after you give them some general information about yourself. </p>
<p>You should also visit to your state insurance departments website. Here you will see the complete list of companies that sell individual coverage as well as those that sell without brokers in your state. </p>
<p>You can also look up the states insurance pool. At many places such as Texas, those individuals who do not get coverage anywhere else are covered under the high-risk pool. </p>
<p>For those who have debilitating physical conditions, COBRA legislation is good option. </p>
<p>You can also form your own small group. For small groups the employer group policies are quite often subject to different rules. These are offered at relatively low prices and turn out to be more spirited.</p>
<p>Finally you can even become a part of an association or group that has group coverage.</p>

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According to recent life assurance research by Sainsburys Bank, many ex-smokers may be paying too much for their life insurance. They assert that during the past 5 years approximately 6.78 million people have given up smoking, however only a quarter of these people have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Insurance News  UK Ex-Smokers Reportedly Paying Too Much For Life Insurance.</p>
<p>According to recent life assurance research by Sainsburys Bank, many ex-smokers may be paying too much for their life insurance. They assert that during the past 5 years approximately 6.78 million people have given up smoking, however only a quarter of these people have informed their life insurance company. </p>
<p>Time requirements differ between insurers; however, many companies consider a person to no longer be classed as a smoker after one year following quitting. By contacting their insurance provider former-smokers can get themselves re-classed as a &#8216;non-smoker&#8217; and potentially saving thousands of pounds over the term of their policy.</p>
<p>According to their estimates, this means that there are up to 2.2 million ex-smokers who could be wasting at least 126.72 million simply by not reviewing their life insurance requirements to show their healthier status and reflect that they are no longer a smoker. </p>
<p>David Picket, the life insurance manager of Sainsburys Bank said, &#8220;The health benefits of giving up are well known, and with a packet of cigarettes now costing over 5, the financial savings can also be substantial. However, once youve successfully quit, you could also make a saving in your annual life insurance premiums if you review your requirements.&#8221;</p>
<p>Most policies require ex-smokers to have given up permanently and it is possible that even a couple of cigarettes in the pub on a Saturday night can consequently invalidate cover; however there can be big savings available (over 30%) for those who have completely quit. But despite the potential savings that are available, most people do not think to update their life insurance policies and so lose out.</p>
<p>Over the last few years, increases in the level of competition, has lead to large reductions for potential policy holders, with basic term life insurance policies now costing as little as 5 per month for a young and healthy non-smoker. </p>
<p>Life insurance comparison site Moneynet has good news for existing policy holders too, If you have existing Life Insurance Policies which were taken out some time ago it could be worth considering a change. Most Life Companies have considerably reduced their premiums over the last few years to take account of longer life expectancy and the advances in medicine.</p>
<p>The costs of life insurance can vary significantly depending upon age, lifestyle and occupation, as well as between different life insurance providers, as not all providers evaluate the levels of risk to be insured in the same way. The ease with which it is possible to check the difference in insurance premiums between providers through the financial information site The Motley Fool, Moneynet, or countless others which have sprung up in recent years, has also lead to increases in public knowledge and competition within the industry further driving down the costs. </p>
<p>While the news seems to be good all round for consumers it must be noted that as with all financial decisions, changing insurance cover can be complex as the number of providers and different products increases and the costs of making the wrong decision could prove serious. It should be noted that levels of cover can vary widely and therefore a professional independent financial advisor should be sought if in any doubt regarding a products suitability.</p>
<p>Disclaimer:</p>
<p>All information contained in this article, is for general information purposes only and should not be construed as advice under the Financial Services Act 1986. </p>
<p>You are strongly advised to take appropriate professional and legal advice before entering into any binding contracts.</p>
<p>Useful resources:</p>
<p>Life insurance comparisons &#8211; Moneynet ( http://www.moneynet.co.uk/insurance/index.shtml )<br />
Financial information &#8211; The Motley Fool ( http://www.fool.co.uk/insurance/insurance.htm )</p>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life Insurance. Bargain Life Insurance When You Take Out A Pension Policy</p>
<p>At last, a real life insurance bargain  but as always there are strings attached! </p>
<p>If you take out a new pension policy after 6 th April 2006 and within the same premium pay for life insurance cover, then you can use your pension contribution tax allowance to reduce the cost of your life insurance. This means if you&#8217;re a standard rate taxpayer, you&#8217;ll receive 22% tax relief on your life insurance premiums and relief at 40% if you&#8217;re a higher rate taxpayer. </p>
<p>The combined premium you pay for your pension and life insurance will automatically be reduced by 22% by the pension provider. But if you&#8217;re a higher rate taxpayer, you&#8217;ll need to claim the balance to bring your relief up to 40%, on your year-end self-assessment tax return. </p>
<p>But there are three strings attached: </p>
<p> The pension company must also provide your life insurance and be paid as one combined premium. </p>
<p> The current value of your pension fund plus the sum insured by your life insurance policy must not exceed 1.5 million. </p>
<p> Your combined annual premium for your pension and life insurance must not exceed 215,000. </p>
<p>In practice the savings on your life insurance will not be quite as big as you might otherwise expect. Its because the underlying premium for the life insurance cover will be a bit more expensive than a stand-a-lone policy with the same company and, in all probability, the insurance company providing your pension policy won&#8217;t be the cheapest on the life insurance market. Furthermore, you can&#8217;t buy a combined pension and life insurance policy online &#8211; so you&#8217;ll miss out on the Internet&#8217;s discounted life insurance prices. </p>
<p>Nevertheless, if you&#8217;re a higher rate taxpayer, your tax savings are bound to guarantee that your life cover is a real bargain! If you&#8217;re a standard rate taxpayer you&#8217;d be wise to do a little homework. Before you buy, you should get an online quote for life insurance to compare against the price you&#8217;d pay if you bought it alongside your new pension. </p>
<p>There are some other points you also need to know. Firstly we know you&#8217;ll ask whether you can convert your existing life insurance policy into a combined pension purchase. The answer is no! The tax relief is only available if from the outset, you take a pension and life insurance policy as one combined purchase. </p>
<p>Secondly, the life insurance cover can only apply to the owner of the pension policy &#8211; you can&#8217;t add in anyone else on the life insurance policy. Joint policies aren&#8217;t available as a pension/life insurance package. </p>
<p>And whilst many people also add critical illness cover to their life insurance, this is not possible when you have a pension/life insurance package. Critical illness cover pays out a tax-free lump sum if you are diagnosed with a specified serious illness which is listed on your policy. If you want critical illness cover, you&#8217;ll have to buy a normal stand-a-lone policy. </p>
<p>Finally, if you&#8217;re going to buy a pension life insurance package and replace your existing life cover, a few words of warning. You&#8217;ll obviously be older now than when you first took out your existing life insurance policy. This means that the premium rate on your new cover will be higher.</p>
<p>Furthermore, the premium for your new policy could be loaded if you&#8217;ve developed any medical conditions since taking out your original life insurance. Remember, even if you&#8217;ve simply put on weight, your premium could be loaded. In extreme medical cases, the proposed insurer might even totally refuse to provide life cover. To avoid the possibility of being caught without life insurance cover or being forced to accept a more expensive premium, you should obtain written confirmation from your pension company that they will insure you. You then need to compare their proposed cost, net of tax, with your existing premium.</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[At last you can buy life insurance and get tax relief. The breakthrough results from changes in the Gordon Browns&#8217; latest Budget speech but the tax relief is only available on a new special sort of life insurance policy. You can&#8217;t get tax relief on your existing life insurance policies.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At last you can buy life insurance and get tax relief. The breakthrough results from changes in the Gordon Browns&#8217; latest Budget speech but the tax relief is only available on a new special sort of life insurance policy. You can&#8217;t get tax relief on your existing life insurance policies.</p>
<p>These new policies exploit a loophole in the new Finance Bill and should result in savings of between 5% and 15% for standard taxpayers and around 30% for higher taxpayers.</p>
<p>But there are strings attached! You can&#8217;t add extras on to your life policy such as critical illness cover and the insured sum must be a fixed sum. Neither can you have a joint policy. Basically, it has to be a bog standard, level term, single beneficiary, life insurance policy.</p>
<p>Then there are more restrictions, but quite honestly, these are unlikely to pose a problem to anyone unless they&#8217;re very wealthy! You can&#8217;t have one of these special life policies if the annual contributions you pay into your pension plus the life insurance premiums, exceed 215,000 per year. Furthermore, if the value of your pension fund plus the payout on your life policy exceeds 1,500,000, the current limit set by the Chancellor, then the excess will be taxed at 55%. Conventional life insurance policies are excluded from this calculation.</p>
<p>Tax relief on the premiums is automatically collected by the life insurance company so you pay a premium which is already reduced by standard rate tax relief. If you&#8217;re a higher rate taxpayer, you&#8217;ll have to claim the extra tax through your self-assessment tax return. However, once you&#8217;ve told your taxman about your premiums, they should automatically continue to give you the tax relief through your tax code.</p>
<p>So why are the savings less than the value of the tax relief? Well, the reason is that the life companies have to administer the tax relief and there are certain operational restrictions imposed by the Inland Revenue on the insurance company. This means that the basic cost of these policies is a little more than conventional life insurance  but after the tax relief you should save.</p>
<p>As with all these loopholes, you must be aware that the Chancellor could remove the tax relief. Having said that, it is rare for a future tax change to be applied retrospectively so you are likely to be safe. Your income could also change and move you into a lower tax bracket. This would reduce your savings.</p>
<p>This new type of life policy is now available from most of the big UK insurers and specialist life insurance brokers. However, you won&#8217;t be able to get an online quotation  you&#8217;ll have to speak on the phone to a Life Insurance Adviser.</p>
<p>And just to confuse matters these policies are known under a range of names: Pension Term Insurance, Life Insurance with Tax Relief, Life Protection with Tax Relief  but they all mean the same thing.</p>
<p>Oh yes, let me confirm one miss-understanding. No, you don&#8217;t have to buy a pension at the same time!</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[Insurance is all about the evaluation of risk and it is something that life insurance companies know a lot about. Every time life insurance companies receive an application for a life insurance policy, the companies decide how much of a risk that applicant poses to their business. This is to say that the insurance companies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Insurance is all about the evaluation of risk and it is something that life insurance companies know a lot about. Every time life insurance companies receive an application for a life insurance policy, the companies decide how much of a risk that applicant poses to their business. This is to say that the insurance companies make an educated estimation of how long the applicant is likely to live versus how many insurance premium payments they are likely to make before death occurs. </p>
<p>If they believe that the applicant will live long and will therefore make a substantial number of insurance premium payments during his/her life, then life insurance companies see the applicant as low risk to their business. However, if life insurance companies believe that an applicant could die soon, and therefore make relatively few insurance premium payments while they are alive, that candidate will be seen as a higher risk by the insurance companies. </p>
<p>How life insurance premiums are calculated</p>
<p>When calculating life insurance premiums two factors are considered by life insurance companies. The first factor involves an evaluation of the general likelihood of death occurring at a particular age, and involves the scaling of applicants against normal life expectancy. This sets the &#8216;average&#8217; risk level that different age ranges attract; needless to say that the closer you are to your average life expectancy then the higher the risk level that you&#8217;ll be measured against.</p>
<p>The second factor is based on whether the applicant is above or below their average risk level for their age. Someone who has an unhealthy lifestyle, suffers from pre-existing health conditions and is in a stressful job is likely to be classified as &#8216;above average&#8217;. On the flip side, someone who goes to the gym regularly, does not smoke and eats a balanced diet is likely to be seen as &#8216;below average&#8217;. Naturally, those who are below average risk will see keener insurance premiums on their life insurance policy for their age than people who are classified as &#8216;above average&#8217;.</p>
<p>Cheaper life insurance?</p>
<p>While there is often little we can do about pre-existing health conditions, there are ways in which to tip the scales in our favour of cheaper life insurance. This we can do by altering our lifestyle and striking a better work-life balance in a stress-free environment. Changing lifestyle habits though can be more effective for some than it can for others. </p>
<p>For instance, a person in their 20s living out an unhealthy existence is likely to be seen as less of an insurance threat for their age to life companies than someone in their 50s with the same unhealthy lifestyle. This is because the body of a 20-year-old will respond more efficiently to improvements in lifestyle than will the body of a 50-year-old. In essence therefore, there are different degrees of being above average and below average, making the calculation of life insurance premiums for each individual definitely a job for the experts at the life companies!</p>

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