Thanks, my cover now I think is very cheap, it was taken out nearly 25 years ago at a time when rates were very low.
I am unlikely to have a use for it before it expires as I do not expect to have a loan in this period.
I'm guessing once you turn 50 a medical would be required. If I did this before my current policy expires I wouldn't have to provide a medical, but then would the insurer not just raise the premium above the going rate, to cover themselves, and also maybe they say why risk a new policy without a medical, lets just increase the premium to dissuade me, as for all they know I could drop dead the next day.
I'm trying to understand if in practice it works out better to take out a new policy with a medical and take my chances with my medical report. If I were to continue paying my current premiums while I will have Life Cover, it doesn't bring any benefit in the future as the company will try to protect themselves and rightly so.
By the way, I'm also the person considering ditching house insurance, but I'm really trying to see what I get with it, do I claim against my own policy or if at a loss as a 3rd party can I claim against another person's insurer or the other person for that matter.