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Life insurance is an important product for everyone who is concerned that their passing may leave others in financial difficulty.

Typically those that are most in need of life insurance are people who have outstanding mortgage debts and those with dependent children and spouses.  But this is not necessarily the situation for the older consumer – many will have cleared their mortgage debts and children will likely have flown the nest and be providing for themselves or for their own families.

So why should pensioners continue to pay premiums in order to secure life insurance cover?  Well, the first answer is that death is quite simply an expensive business and those who choose not to invest in a life insurance policy will be leaving their friends and family with the bill for funeral arrangements, cremation or burial – costs that can be covered by an insurance payout if a policy exists.

Secondly, a life insurance policy can allow older people to ensure that there is something to be left to loved ones in the event of their passing, even in the event that their assets at the time of their death have been greatly reduced, through a situation where they have needed to pay for nursing care or assisted accommodation, for example.

Older consumers have access to a wide range of specially targeted life insurance policies – many of which are accessible with no need for a medical examination, and the market is fiercely competitive meaning they can shop around to find the best payouts and lowest premiums.