Should the cover be on joint lives or separate lives?    

 

It is up to you, however it may be better to buy separate policies.

This is because with a joint policy, the policy will automatically terminate when a claim is made. The survivor is then left with no insurance cover and at an older age when it is more expensive to obtain insurance, and potentially even impossible to get insurance due to deteriorating health.

You can buy a 'Joint Life Second Death Policy' where the policy only pays out when the second person on the policy dies, however that means that the survivor will not benefit from a life insurance payout.

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