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DISP App 1.2.23

Example 5

Capital surplus partially offset by higher endowment mortgage outgoings

Background

 

Capital sum of £50,000

 

25 year endowment policy

 

Duration to date: 10 years

 

Endowment premium per month: £75

 

Established facts

 

Endowment surrender value:

£11,800

Capital repaid under equivalent repayment mortgage

£9,700

Surrender value less capital repaid:

£2,100

Cost of converting from endowment mortgage to repayment mortgage:

(£300)

Total outgoings to date:

 

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

£46,800

Endowment mortgage (endowment premium + interest):

£47,500

Difference in outgoings (repayment - endowment):

(£700)

Basis of Compensation

 

In this example, the complainant has suffered loss because of the higher total outgoings to date of the endowment mortgage relative to the repayment mortgage. However the sum of this and the conversion cost is less than th

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