Chapter 2 - Financial Protection Flashcards
Reason people ignore protection
Reliance on the state for support
Failure too forecast adverse events
Affordability
Trends effecting protection
Longevity and mortality - people living longer meaning state service isn’t as good
Employment - less job security and more people being self employed means workplace protection is less common.
Product design - design is limited
Target market
Under FCA rules when developing an insurance product you must develop and target market and there must be a need. You must consider
Type of clients
And who it’s is not for.
Family protection
Factors must be considered when looking at this
Are the under ideal employed or self employed
Are there savings
Current outgoings
Any state benefit entitlement
Protection in mortgage and debt
Establishing the level of cover needed in relation to the mortgage and any other debt. Covering either the monthly payments or the debt itself.
This can be done with life cover. This is a lump sum paid out on death. Either sole life or joint life.
Giles of life cover
Pay for funeral costs
Mortgages
IHT bills
Education
If a policy is written into trust then the proceeds are tax free.
Other types of insurance
Business protection
Key person insurance
Shareholder and partnership protection
State benefits
Universal credit
Job seekers allowance
Employment support
Maternity leave
Support on mortgage interest
Bereavement support payment
Income support
This is support when income is low and you cannot have more that 16k in savings and cannot be in full time education and support.
Employment and support allowance
This is for when due to health you cannot work full time and based off your contributions you can claim
Contribution based
Income related
Employment and support allowance
This is for when due to health you cannot work full time and based off your contributions you can claim
Contribution based
Income related
Statutory maternity pay
To be electable you must earn at least 123£ a week and have worked for 26 weeks.
If met you get 39 weeks
90% of salary for 6 weeks and then 172£ for next 33 weeks
Bearevment support payment
Partner dies after April 6 2017
Under SPA
Who partner paid 25 weeks of NIC
Higher rate = 3500 then 350
Lower 2500 then 100
Payment made for 21 months.
Life insurance types
Term
Whole of life
Either joint life first death or second death of sole life
Term insurance
Amount guaranteed over a fixed term, after this not insured anymore.
Increasing term
Amount insured goes up usually yearly at an agreeed percentage usually inline with inflation.
Renewable term insurance
This is where you can take out a further term policy with same rates and now new information when yours is expirering.
Convertible term
You can convert the policy to whole of life or an endowment policy.
Decreasing term
This is where the sum insured decreases over time usually inline with what the insurance is covering ie mortgage.
FIB family income benefit
This is a tax free regular income protection product. No fees and cgt.
Whole of life policy
Nonprofit - guaranteed amount and no growth/ reward form investment performance
With profit - these have an investment element that can grow and provide additions cover / benefit
Unit linked - you buy units to cover the cost of the premiums then some are sold to cover and the rest are invested.