Written Question·Treasury·UIN 118288

Insurance: Bereavement

Tabled: 5 March 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing statutory protections that would allow surviving policyholders, where the death of a partner has led to terminations of reissuing of joint insura

Answer

Lucy Rigby
The government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly, including where they have suffered a bereavement, and firms are required to do so under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules. The FCA requires firms to ensure their products offe...

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