How much do you pay for Life Insurance?

Zola.
Zola. Posts: 2,204 Forumite
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We are in our early 30s.

Curious to know how much you all pay for your life insurance?

We have a kid on the way so we felt the urge to get it bumped up.

Our policy is now £112 a month for both of us, covers the kid too for all sorts of potential issues, our death cover has a value of about £400,000.

Some of my peers think thats way too expensive, it does include extras that I added on for things like sport injuries, breaks and ligament tears etc which i need for the sports I do.

Our policy used to be 75 a month for both of us until we bumped it up.

We are with Aviva. Are we being had?

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  • PrivateClients
    PrivateClients Posts: 41 Forumite
    Also early 30s here. I pay about £35pm for fixed term life up to age 65 - around £400k cover but technically 2 policies paying about £200k each. I also have about £250k cover with work. I also pay about £40pm for wife's permanent health insurance as she is a self employed personal trainer - that might be Aviva actually - I have equivalent cover through work. I also pay about £40 pm to add my wife and daughters to my onto company's Bupa. To me it all feels worthwhile and I'm happy paying to know we're protected. By all means use a broker to shop around, but don't let others, who may have inferior cover, let you worry about doing the right thing to protect your family's financial security.
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  • haras_nosirrah
    haras_nosirrah Posts: 2,208 Forumite
    If it is just life cover then yes it would be too much. If it also includes critical illness then that is what costs the money
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  • ACG
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    It must include critical illness, I would be very surprised if you are paying that much for life insurance. I am 33, I dont have £400k worth of cover but im paying nowhere near that.
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  • Zola.
    Zola. Posts: 2,204 Forumite
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    Yes critical illness is covered also, sorry I should have said
  • dunstonh
    dunstonh Posts: 116,369 Forumite
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    And for the benefit of others, remember that Critical illness cover can be graded from budget coverage through to comprehensive. So, if you have a budget life assurance & CIC plan you may be cheaper but it could be down to lower coverage.
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  • lisyloo
    lisyloo Posts: 29,615 Forumite
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    Zola. wrote: »
    Yes critical illness is covered also, sorry I should have said

    Just my personal opinion but I think permanent health insurance (PHI) which gives an income for life is better than the lump sum from critical illness. The issue being that the lump sum may be insufficient to provide a lifetimes income for a young person.
    A lump sum is more suitable for medical treatment, household alterations and bucket list IMO.

    I am completely unquaified but never seen anything to rebutt the argument.
  • haras_nosirrah
    haras_nosirrah Posts: 2,208 Forumite
    If you want to check the cover the best thing to do is to contact an independent advisor who can do a financial review for you.

    Depending on your work sick pay entitlement I would possibly tweak the cover you have so it wasn't weighted so much in favour of critical illness and maybe include some income protection but without knowing more about you no one on here can really comment on whether the cover you have is expensive, suitable for your needs or should be changed.
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
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  • csgohan4
    csgohan4 Posts: 10,587 Forumite
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    If you can afford it, get all three, but Life, Income and critical in that order if you have dependents
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