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    • About our insurance

      For more than 150 years, we have been helping families plan for the unexpected with our range of insurance.

      Insurance products
    • Life Insurance
      • Advised Life Cover
      • Direct Life Insurance
      • Diabetes Life Cover
      • Over 50 Life Insurance
      • Whole of Life
    • Illness and Income Protection
      • Critical Illness Cover
      • Life or Critical Illness Cover
      • Income Protection
    • Make a claim
    • Manage your insurance policy
    • Business Insurance
    • Insurance explained
      • What is life insurance?
      • Single or joint life insurance for couples?
      • Types of life insurance – which is best for you?
    • Power up your pension

      Your pension is one of the most tax-efficient ways to save for the future. Find out how to give your savings a boost. Remember, your capital is at risk.

      Find out more
    • Our pensions
      • Personal pensions
      • Workplace pensions
      • Retirement planning tools
    • Manage your pension plan
      • Register to access your plan online
    • Investment options
      • Fund prices and factsheets
      • Governed range
      • The Fund Range
      • Investment performance
      • Investment governance
      • Investing responsibly
      • Market update
    • Retirement planning
      • Using your pension
      • Using your property
      • Retirement guides
    • ProfitShare
    • Secret Life of Pensions
    • Pension transfers
    • Retirement planning

      From pensions to your property, there's a lot to consider when looking at how to fund your retirement.

      Explore my options
    • Retirement guides
      • Six tips for your retirement plans
      • Retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgages
      • Equity release explained
      • Is equity release right for me?
    • Find an adviser
    • Using your pension
      • Pension drawdown
      • Take a cash lump sum
      • Buy an annuity
      • Retirement income calculator
    • Using your property
      • Equity release
      • Lifetime mortgage
      • Retirement interest only (RIO) mortgage
      • Traditional mortgage for over 55s
      • Equity release calculator
    • Insurance in retirement
      • Whole of life insurance
      • Over 50 insurance
    • Financial wellbeing

      Explore a range of articles, guides and support to help your financial wellbeing.

      Visit our financial wellbeing hub
    • What's on your mind?
      • Planning for life events
      • Dealing with unexpected life changes
      • Understanding your pension and investments
      • Cost of living
      • Managing your money
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      • Bereavement
      • Equity release
      • Life insurance
      • Investment
      • Pensions & retirement
      • Your money
    • Money guides
    • Bereavement hub
    • Good With Your Money guides
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    • Your online service

      Access your plan or policy details with our secure online service. It's really simple to use and you'll be up and running in no time.

      Register now
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      • Tell us about a bereavement
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    • Log in to your plan online
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      Being a mutual means we're owned by our customers. For us, mutuality is a state of mind. Find out more about what our mutuality means to us and for you.

      Learn about our mutuality
    • Introduction to mutuality
      • Responsible investment
      • Funeral poverty
      • Protection insurance
      • Championing
      • Social impact
      • Positive financial futures
    • Lost for Words
      • Lost for Words exhibition
      • Register now
    • How to Die Well book
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      • The Penny Drops podcast
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Planning ahead to protect your family

Talking to your loved ones about death and money is never easy but it can at least help them cope practically and financially if there is a death in the family.

In this section you’ll find articles and tools to help you start the conversation and get planning.

Why it’s good to talk about death and money

How to start a conversation about death and money with your family.

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Planning ahead - a checklist

A checklist of things to do to make life easier for your family when you're gone including making a will, power of attorneys and more

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When I'm gone list

A simple way to record your funeral wishes and your personal and financial details in one place.

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Making a will

A will is a legal document that sets out who will get what when you die. Find out why you should have a will, how to change it and more in our money guide.

Read more  about Making a will

What you can put in a will

If you're thinking of writing your will, what should you put in it? You can choose what happens to your estate and who'll sort out your will after you die.

Read more  about What you can put in a will

Power of Attorney

Power of Attorney isn't just for older, wealthier people. Anyone can benefit from having one. Our guide explains the different types and where to find out more.

Read more  about Power of Attorney

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