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Policies that cover just one person are referred to as 'Single
Life Policies'; those that cover two people are called 'Joint Life
Policies'.
There are two different types of 'Joint Life Policies'. Policies that immediately pay income if EITHER of you were to die during the policies term, are called 'Joint Life First Death Policies'.
Alternatively, you can have a policy which pays income only if BOTH of you were to die during the policies term. These are called 'Joint Life Second Death Policies' and are traditionally a lot cheaper than First Death policies. Here, both people named on the policy must have died whilst the policy is in force, for the policy to pay out (they do not need not die at the same time though).
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