Skip to content
Insurance Guides
  • Home
  • 🚗 Vehicle Insurance

    Car Insurance

    Specialist Vehicle

  • 🏡 Home & Property Insurance

    Residential Property

    Specialist Property

  • 💼 Business & Commercial Insurance

    Core Business Cover

    Specialist Business

  • 🩺 Life & Health Insurance

    Life Protection

    Health & Income

  • ✈️ Travel & Leisure Insurance

    Travel Cover

    Leisure & Gadget

  • ⚖️ UK Regulations & Consumer Rights

    Industry Governance

    Buying Guides

  • 🧮 Insurance Calculators
  • About
  • Contact

Home › Life & Health Insurance › Life Protection

Life Protection

Life assurance policies to protect your family and mortgage.

  • Term Life vs Whole-of-Life Assurance: UK Comparison

    How term life insurance differs from whole-of-life assurance in the UK, including cost, payout certainty and typical uses.

  • Decreasing Term Life Insurance for UK Mortgages Explained

    How decreasing term life insurance is matched to a repayment mortgage, and why it's cheaper than level term cover.

  • Writing a UK Life Insurance Policy in Trust: A Guide

    Why placing a life insurance policy in trust can speed up payouts and avoid inheritance tax, and how to set one up.

  • How Much Life Insurance Cover Do You Actually Need?

    A practical framework for working out how much life insurance cover UK families need, based on income, debts and dependants.

  • Life Insurance With Pre-Existing Medical Conditions (UK)

    How pre-existing medical conditions affect UK life insurance applications, underwriting, premiums and specialist options.

  • Joint Life Insurance vs Two Single Policies: UK Guide

    Whether a joint life insurance policy or two single policies suits UK couples better, and how the cost and payouts compare.

  • Over 50s Life Insurance: A Guide for UK Policyholders

    How over 50s life insurance works in the UK, including guaranteed acceptance plans, typical payouts and key limitations.

  • Life Insurance for Smokers in the UK: What to Expect

    How smoking affects UK life insurance premiums and underwriting, and practical steps smokers can take to reduce costs.

  • Life Insurance for Self-Employed Workers in the UK

    Why self-employed UK workers need to consider life insurance carefully, and how cover interacts with limited company income.

  • What Happens If You Miss a Life Insurance Payment?

    What UK insurers typically do if you miss a life insurance premium payment, and how to protect your policy from lapsing.

Insurance Guides

Plain-English guides to UK insurance, written to help consumers understand their cover and make confident decisions.

Vehicle Insurance

  • Car Insurance
  • Specialist Vehicle

Home & Property Insurance

  • Residential Property
  • Specialist Property

Business & Commercial Insurance

  • Core Business Cover
  • Specialist Business

Life & Health Insurance

  • Life Protection
  • Health & Income

Travel & Leisure Insurance

  • Travel Cover
  • Leisure & Gadget

UK Regulations & Consumer Rights

  • Industry Governance
  • Buying Guides
© 2026 Insurance Guides. All rights reserved.
Insurance Calculators · About · Contact · Terms & Conditions · Privacy Policy