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No matter where you move to you will continue to be covered. You don't need to cancel or put your premiums on hold. Just let us know so that we have your current contact details.

The best thing to do is to drop us a line or give us a call on 0800 22 22 23. Every person's situation is different, and we want to make sure we do the best thing for you. Depending on your policy, you can apply to us in writing to ask us for a payment holiday for up to 12 consecutive months. This means you won’t need to make any payments, but no cover will be provided. This also means you won’t be able to claim for any condition or event that occurs or is first diagnosed during the payment holiday.

Premiums go up annually because they are based on age as well as gender, smoking status and health and lifestyle factors. They are calculated by an actuary who deals with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty.

Statistically, a person's chance of dying at a certain age changes yearly. When you are younger, premiums can decrease each year as the chance of dying by accident reduces. Unfortunately, as you age, the chance of dying increases, so premiums increase. The amount by which they increase varies from year to year.

For Life Insurance

• Yes - If you have a Life Cover policy, the policy owner will receive the money from any claim, or their estate if they have passed away. You can change the ownership of a policy at any time

For a mortgage, income protection or funeral cover policy

• Yes, any payment will be made to the nominated beneficiary unless you change who that is. You can change the beneficiary for a mortgage, income protection or funeral cover policy by using this form.

Some companies offer “level premiums” which means that for a fixed period, usually up to a specified age e.g. up to age 65, you keep paying the same amount. Pinnacle Life doesn’t offer ‘level premiums’ as a standard offer, but if you have an existing ‘level premium’ policy or quote from another company, we are happy to look to see if we can match it.

Get in touch by email or phone, and we can see what we can do. During the time your premiums are on hold, you won’t be able to make a claim.

If you miss three payments within 24 months without catching them up, your policy will end the next time you miss a payment. The three payments don’t need to be consecutive.

You need to let us know as soon as possible. The additional information you provide may or may not affect your policy. Your policy may be placed on hold while we work through the assessment process, alternatively we may need to void your policy and issue you with a new policy once we have completed our assessment. If you are unsure whether you disclosed something on your application, please contact us and we will send you a copy of your application to review.

Don't worry; we understand this can happen. If you

• Miss one payment it might mean that you aren't covered for a month, but it won't cause your policy to lapse.
• If you miss four payments within 24 months, then your policy will lapse, and you'll need to reapply.
• If you miss your first payment, due within 14 days of taking out your policy, we'll be in touch letting you know we haven't received it and what this means for your cover.

If you know you're not going to be able to make a payment on your set date, you can reschedule your payment by getting in touch.

Yes, you can make changes to your policy. You can

- increase or decrease your cover

- make a special event increase, which allows you to increase your cover without providing updated health information. You may qualify for this if you've:

• Reached a policy anniversary (5, 10, 15, or 20 years)
• Married, divorced, or become a parent (birth or legal adoption)
• Started or increased a home loan/mortgage for a residential property
• Started full-time secondary or tertiary education for the first time
• Taken on full-time care of a dependent relative for the first time
• Experienced the death or terminal illness of a close family member

To make any of these changes and others go to our Customer Support Section. Otherwise contact our customer service team on 0800 22 22 23.

When you first take out your policy, the policy owner is the same person as the life insured. The policy owner is the only person who can make changes or cancel the policy, which is why it often makes sense for the life insured person to also be the owner, but we understand that sometimes that’s not the case. To change the owner of your policy you just need to complete our ‘change of ownership’ form. To own a life insurance policy you must be 18 years old.

With income protection, you don’t need to let us know if you have changed employment. However, if changing employment has changed your pre-tax income, contact us to ensure that your level of cover is appropriate for your new income levels.

If you have income protection, we suggest you let us know when your income changes, so that you can change your level of cover accordingly. If you let us know within 60 days of your income increasing we can usually increase your cover without requiring any further medical information. We recommend you review your level of cover regularly, but particularly when you have significant changes to your income levels.

We may be able to help you split the policy into two individual policies, how this works will depend on the ownership structure of your policy. if we split your policy, you won't have to re-apply or be re-assessed for your cover, unless you want to apply for more cover. Contact us on 0800 22 22 23 or by email to work through exactly what needs to happen for your policy.

Or

You may wish to leave the policy as it is, which is fine. If you are joint owners of the policy then should you pass away, your ex-partner will be paid the proceeds of any claim on your life and vice versa. This is sometimes a good option if you have children that will be dependent on you if either of you should pass away.

Depending on your policy, we’ll either need the owners to send us a signed request to cancel the policy, or send us an email with some security details. To find out which applies to your policy contact our Customer Services Team.

No, you don’t. You can cancel this policy at any time; however, your payments are not refundable. The only exception is where you have paid either for six or 12 months in advance; in this case, we’ll refund the amount you have pre-paid. The same as for your typical car, contents and health insurance policies.