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Life Assurance Policies

Hi
can anyone tell me if applications for these would show up on a credit file.
my partner and were going to apply for a joint one but Im worried that this will connect us financially. At the moment, we keep everything seperate because I have bad credit
thanks

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  • In_Search_Of_Me
    In_Search_Of_Me Posts: 10,634 Forumite
    They may do as I know when I applied for car insurance (more than) they asked if they could do a search - I said no as it would show on credit file...
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  • Emmzi
    Emmzi Posts: 8,658 Forumite
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    Application may show as there is a credit element in seeing if you can pay each month. Best to ask first.
    Debt free 4th April 2007.
    New house. Bigger mortgage. MFWB after I have my buffer cash in place.
  • paul10mm
    paul10mm Posts: 130 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    dont go for joint life its not worth it!Do you realise it only pays out on the first person to die??we had joint policy but had to cancel due to bankruptcy we know have seperate life cover and its cheaper!also if something happened to us both children would get twice as much did not make any diffrence to the l/companys we were bankrupt you cant get worse credit record than that !!lol
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