Many studies have found a link between mental and financial wellbeing. Money troubles can affect your mental health, while mental health issues can also lead you to make poor financial decisions. Improving your financial wellbeing is about helping you to feel more in control of your money and your financial future. If you can develop…
Did you know that some occupations can increase your life insurance premiums? Having a job that puts you in more hazardous situations regularly is deemed riskier to some life insurance providers. With this in mind, I’m Insured analysed recent HSE (Health and Safety Executive) data to create the 2021 Dangerous Occupations Report. The report reveals…
Millennials driving demand for life insurance – but beware these rumours and speak to an expert Big events sometimes focus our attention on what matters. Over the last 18 months, tragic stories from around the world have shown us the terrible impact of ill health and death and so it’s perhaps no surprise that…
As the UK eases most of its coronavirus restrictions, the successful vaccine rollout means that the numbers dying from Covid-19 have fallen significantly. However, the emerging problem of “long Covid” is affecting thousands of people across the country. According to an estimate from the Office for National Statistics in May, 1.1 million people in the…
If you’ve ever headed online to ask a search engine a question about life insurance, you’re not alone. New research published by Cover has revealed that tens of thousands of Brits head to Google every year with questions relating to protection. According to Cover the research, which is all based on Google searches, “shows the…
Life insurance, Critical Illness cover, and income protection can provide valuable peace of mind and financial security if the worst happens. So, if you’ve realised that it’s time to put the right cover in place, your next question is likely to be: where do I buy life insurance? From your local building society to big…
Over the last year and a half, stories of people who have lost their lives to Covid-19 have been a daily feature of the news. You may even know someone who has sadly passed away over the last 18 months. So, if the pandemic has led you to think about putting life insurance in place,…
According to Cancer Research UK, one in two people in the UK born after 1960 will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime. Each year in the UK, around 187,000 men and around 179,000 women are diagnosed with cancer. While treatments continue to improve, and many people make a full recovery from…
Recent research published in Mortgage Solutions has revealed that two in five homeowners with dependents have no life insurance cover. In practice, this means that there are millions of people across the country who would leave their loved ones with a substantial mortgage debt if the worst were to happen to them. If you’re taking…
Between 1987 and 2008, the cost of a loaf of bread in the UK doubled. A kilo of cheese in 2021 costs about two and a half times what it did in the late 1980s. And, a pint of beer is more than three times as expensive now as it was three decades ago. All…
