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Protection Advice Standards PAS 06/2020

We have updated our protection advice standards to reflect recent changes we have made. We have also adopted the numerous addendums into one document for your ease. Please complete this short test to validate your understanding of this update.

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* 1. Your Name

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* 2. For mortgage decreasing life/CIC policies, our default “policy assumed interest rate” is 8%. Whilst this must never be increased for a standard mortgage, what effect will it have on the premium if you reduce rate, say to 6%?

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* 3. Where a client has an existing CIC policy, what report must you always obtain before making a recommendation to cancel and replace the existing cover?

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* 4. Where a client wishes to review their critical illness needs, which insurer should you currently recommend?

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* 5. Mr & Mrs Smith take out a joint repayment mortgage for £200,000 over 25 years, with a £995 fee being added to the mortgage. What would you recommend where they only wish to review their life cover for their mortgage?

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* 6. Where the client explains the cost of CIC is too expensive, what could you do to bring the cost down without changing the term or level of cover?

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* 7. Mr & Mrs Jones want to review life cover for the shared ownership mortgage you have arranged. Do you need to recommend cover for the rental element, and if so what?

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* 8. Life cover for a fit and healthy individual means you should always recommend which insurer’s product?

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* 9. Where a client agrees to review the life cover for their mortgage but to address their mortgage needs you make a third party referral for a 2nd charge mortgage, do you then need to recommend life cover for the 2nd charge mortgage debt?

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* 10. When recommending family protection as cover beyond the mortgage debt, which type of cover should you recommend, and why?

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* 11. Your client prefers the option of SIC rather than CIC to cover their mortgage amount, what policy would you recommend?

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* 12. When recommending AS/U to a face to face client which is linked to a mortgage sale, after how many days from your advice (or the Mortgage Offer) do you need to wait before applying because of the Prohibition Period?

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* 13. Where do you go to in the first instance to find the latest copy of The Protection Advice Standards (PAS) 06/2020

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* 14. When recommending costed additional benefits to a B&C policy, when do you need to explain and justify these to the client?

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* 15. Which of the following single life products do you recommend is always written in trust?

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* 16. You need to issue your PRWL by the earlier of?

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* 17. If an underwriting decision means you need to re-advise the client, do you need to reconfirm affordability in the RWL addendum letter?  

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* 18. Where your record is ‘case checked’ within how many days must your remedial work be completed?

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* 19. What do you need to provide upon a general insurance sale?

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* 20. And finally, as a protection Adviser what is your understanding of the minimum regulatory requirements concerning Continual Professional Development (CPD)?

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