Life Insurance
A life insurance policy provides a lump sum on death, and is almost always the right choice for family protection and 'interest only' mortgages.
With a life insurance policy, or level term assurance policy as it is sometimes known, you select an amount of cover and pay a fixed premium for a fixed number of years. You receive a full payout of the insured amount should you claim at any point whilst the policy is in force.
Mortgage Life Insurance
A mortgage life insurance policy is ideal for covering a gradually reducing mortgage debt - a repayment mortgage.
With a mortgage life insurance policy, or decreasing term assurance policy as it is sometimes known, the premiums are cheaper than with a level term assurance policy, because the sum assured and therefore the payout from the policy, reduces over the cover period, in line with the repayment mortgage.