Tuesday, 8 May 2007

UK troops to get life insurance

About 300,000 armed forces personnel are to be offered life assurance under a Ministry of Defence (MOD) scheme. Until now, they had found it difficult and costly to get insurance, because insurers feared the costs of high casualties from a major war. The Service Life Insurance (SLI) will be offered by insurer Sterling Life, but major losses will be underwritten by the government. SLI will be available immediately to regular and reservist personnel.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

All people in the service should have Life Insurance. Its important for their family and themselves.