While it’s never nice to consider the financial impacts that your death will have on your family. It’s essential to plan for the future. It’s important to consider different options that would be very beneficial and invest in the inevitable.
Due to the rapid increase in funeral costs funeral plans have grown increasingly popular over the years. Even a basic funeral can cost at least £3,625 and that is the cost before flowers and catering, which can be another huge expense! Here’s why people opt for a funeral plan:
A funeral plan taken out today will protect you and your family from increases in funeral expenses. Funeral costs are on the rise and taking it out sooner will not only be beneficial for the future but help protect against these costs. As well as relieving your family from the additional financial stress.
Just like most forms of cover, you have the option of paying a monthly premium or paying one lump sum. This allows people the flexibility to decide what payment method works best for them.
A funeral plan will give yourself and your family peace of mind knowing that your funeral costs are covered. This gives your family one less thing to worry about, in this difficult time for them.
Having a funeral plan gives you the opportunity to have the funeral that you wish to have. Being able to plan it as you wish will relieve your family’s stress of planning it and allow them the time to grieve.
Taking a funeral plan out is easier than ever, more affordable than many people think and no medical tests are required. Get a free quote for a funeral plan today in a matter of minutes by selecting your gender below.
* Sourced from SunLife’s Cost of Dying 2016 report on the Telegraph.