Insights: Why whole of life is a necessary talking point

Whole of life (WOL) cover is an insurance policy that pays out on death. It runs for the whole of someone's life and pays out a lump sum when they die, not if they die within a defined term. The two main types of WOL cover are fully underwritten and guaranteed acceptance policies. Underwritten policies are priced depending on age, health, lifestyle and someone's medical history, while guaranteed acceptance policies can base premiums on age and smoking status but do not take a person's medical history into account. WOL cover is a valuable policy, which in its underwritten form is...