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DISP App 1.2.20

Example 2

Capital shortfall partially offset by lower endowment mortgage outgoings

Background

 

Capital sum of £50,000

 

25 year endowment policy

 

Duration to date: 5 years

 

Endowment premium per month: £60

 

Established facts

 

Endowment surrender value:

£2,500

Capital repaid under equivalent repayment mortgage

£4,200

Surrender value less capital repaid under equivalent repayment mortgage:

(£1,700)

Cost of converting from endowment mortgage to repayment mortgage

(£300)

Total outgoings to date:

 

Repayment mortgage (capital + interest + DTA life cover):

£21,950

Endowment mortgage (endowment premium + interest):

£21,350

Difference in outgoings (repayment - endowment):

£600

Basis of Compensation

 

In this example, the complainant has suffered loss because the surrender value of the endowment is less than the capital repaid but has gained form the lower outgoings of the endowment

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