Press Office

Over 50s let it all hang out this Christmas

One in four over 50s want to spend Christmas alone or with friends, rather than having a traditional family celebration .

Stay-at-home mums do almost £30k of unpaid work a year yet two thirds do not have life insurance

When it comes to life insurance, most families think about household income, but what about the value of whoever stays at home to look after the kids?

Temperatures are set to drop to -8C today, is your home ready for the big freeze

Yesterday (30 Nov 2016) was the coldest November day in six years as temperatures dropped to -9.7C in some parts, while today - the official start of the meteorological Winter – temperatures are expected to plummet as low as -8C in the South.

Funeral costs soar by 10 times the increase in the cost of living in a year – forcing families to cut corners on their loved ones’ send off

SunLife’s 2016 Cost of Dying report reveals funerals have more than doubled in price in little over a decade. Funerals now one of the UK’s fastest rising costs, outstripping inflation, wages and pensions.

Do your loved ones know your funeral wishes?

My Perfect Send-off is a free online tool which gently prompts people to talk about their funeral wishes. The responses create a valuable document which can be kept with their will or sent to a loved one.

Over a third of grandparents don’t trust children to pass on inheritance to grandkids

New research from SunLife has found that the vast majority of grandparents want to leave their grandchildren a legacy, and most of those want to ring fence the money to ensure it is passed on.