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Protection sales aid: ten things to tell your clients

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July 26, 2011
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July 26, 2011

Did you know: Almost 1,400 people are made redundant every day in the UK.

This is one of several snippets listed in LV=’s Little Book of Protection, written for advisers.

Here are ten facts you may not be aware of:

In 2009 the average length of a marriage for divorcing couples was 11 years and four months.

1,392 people are made redundant daily

One in five people will be affected by depression sometime during their life

A property is repossessed every 17 minutes

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New parents face outlaying £9,491 during the first twelve months of a child’s life

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts household debt will be £2,126bn by the end of 2015. This would take the average per-household debt to £84,365

One in seven women over the age of 16 drinks more than double the recommended daily allowance of alcohol every week, while 24% of women in England are classified obese

Every 4.28 minutes someone will be declared insolvent or bankrupt

The cost of raising a child until their 21st birthday now totals more than £210,000. This equates to £10,040 a year, £836 a month or £27.50 a day

Between the ages of one and four, a child costs their parents an average of around £53,586

Click here to read or order the Little Book of Protection