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DISP App 1.2.22

Example 4

Capital surplus more than offset by higher endowment mortgage outgoings

Background

 

Capital sum of £50,000

 

25 year endowment policy

 

Duration to date: 8 years

 

Endowment premium per month: £75

 

Established facts

 

Endowment surrender value:

£7,800

Capital repaid under equivalent repayment mortgage:

£7,600

Surrender value less capital repaid:

£200

Cost of converting from endowment mortgage to repayment mortgage:

(£250)

Total outgoings to date:

 

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

£34,510

Endowment mortgage (endowment premium + interest):

£34,950

Difference in outgoings (repayment - endowment):

(£440)

Basis of Compensation

 

In this example, the complainant has suffered loss because of the higher total outgoings to date of the endowment mortgage but has gained because the surrender value of the endowment is greater than the capital repaid. Since th

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