Questions Flashcards
The industry looks at PMI in terms of impact and frequency as?
Low frequency. High impact
Morality has increased over the last 50 years. What factors have least impacted the improvement?
A change in working habits
Why are policies being taken out for older lives?
People are working longer and therefore having mortgages longer
Mark died. In his will left 1million to his wife what IHT is payable?
Nil
2nd death will incur IHT
Statutory sick pay requirements
Earns more than £112 a week More than 4 days sick Paid by employer Pay class 1 NI Taxable as wages & pay ni 28 weeks only > employment support Not means tested
Self employed sick is most likely to claim?
Employment and support allowance
Redundancy benefit pays after?
39 weeks
Standard cover?
Guaranteed cover?
Maximum cover?
Standard - premium level as long as underlying investment preforms.
Guaranteed - set premiums will never change. No investment element
Maximum cover - premium set for period then reviews. Likely to increase premium or reduce benefit. small surrender value
Pure premium calculation is?
Sum assured x mortality rate
E.g.
£80,000 premium. Mortality rate of 0.0024
Pure premium is £192 (annual)
Health screenings usually include?
Non invasive tests. Saliva swabs. Hair samples. Urine tests
Terminal illness. Someone must have life expectancy of …. to pay out?
Less than 12 months
Val & Mark own a house together joint tenancy. Val dies what happens?
Mark would automatically own all of property
Tax treatment of life policies is?
- qualifying?
- non qualifying?
No tax on qualifying
Higher rate tax on non qualifying on gain
Endowment qualifying rules about premium& age and sum assured?
55 - to qualify must be min 75% premiums paid in
If policy taken out Over 55 reduces every year by 2%
How far can you backdate a policy and still be qualifying?
3 months
What’s IHT liability if Pete left Daniel his whole estate of £750,000
£170,000 (40% of taxable estate minus nil rate band)
Ref wishes to gift and endowment policy to his daughter. Using annual gift exemption in order to avoid IHT what’s the max premium he can pay per month?
£250 (£3000 per year)
What is a deferred period?
If a policy is taken out with a 3 month deferred period. This would mean if you couldn’t work from 1st Jan you don’t get paid on claim until 1st April. You would cover the first 3 months from savings etc
Strictest income protection category? Most likely to pay out in invent unable to work
Own occupation
If you have a deferred period when should you submit claim to provider?
Straight away to start deferred period
Group income protection has what features?
Taken out by employer Premiums paid by employer Employee taxed as benefit in kind Benefits paid to employer Employee receives benefits as pay, subject to sax and NI to employer
Individual income protection is?
Monthly benefit
Tax free premium and benefit
Accelerated unit linked policy is?
Benefit added to life policy basically CIC
Alternative to death payment not additional. E.g. Life cover £150k. CIC pays out £150k nothing else is payable!