
What is Over 50 Life Insurance?
Over 50 Life Insurance is a type of ‘Whole of life’ cover that can be taken out if you’re aged between 50 and 80. There's no medical and you pay a chosen monthly premium that will never go up. Cover will last as long as you live and when you pass away this could be used to leave some money for your loved ones, help settle any unpaid bills or put towards the cost of a funeral.
This page was last reviewed by our expert Lisa Redman on 4 March 2025.
Benefits of Over 50 Life Insurance
How does Over 50 Life Insurance work?
Whether you're over 50, 60 or 70, over 50s life cover is simple.
Getting an Over 50s Life Insurance quote is quick and easy
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Over 50 Life Insurance cover details
Over 50 Life Insurance - at a glance
Things you need to know
Please read the key documents before you apply.
Why get Over 50 Life Insurance with L&G?
We've been protecting families for over 185 years and our customers can trust us to provide expert cover and supporting benefits.
How much Over 50 Life Insurance can you get?
Below you can compare how much over 50s life cover our customers can access based on real life examples. This is based on customers who don't smoke and pay £20 a month.
Age when cover starts | Cash sum |
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50 year old | £6,044 |
60 year old | £4,766 |
70 year old | £2,948 |
80 year old | £1,508 |
These life insurance over 50 quotes were taken from legalandgeneral.com on 04 March 2025. As at this time the average monthly premium our customers paid over the last 6 months was £24.45.
You can get your own personalised life insurance over 50 quote if you give us some details about you and the amount you wish to pay. It’s important to think about the cash sum you want to leave behind as well as the premium you can afford.
Our Over 50 Life Insurance claims process

Making a claim
Our experienced claims handlers are trained by the Samaritans and will be there to talk to your loved ones and take the pressure off during this difficult time.
Making a claim is simple and our staff will do everything they can to make sure things run smoothly.

Over 50s Life Insurance pay-out process
In this helpful guide we explain what to expect from an Over 50s Life Insurance claim and a step by step guide to our claims process and how the cash sum is received.
Over 50 life insurance articles and guides

Articles and guides
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How much does Over 50s Life Insurance cost?
To help you get a better idea of how Over 50s Life Insurance could work for you, we've created some examples of how much a plan might pay out depending on your personal circumstances.

Putting a policy in trust
After taking out Over 50s Fixed Life Insurance you may want to place it in trust to help make sure the right people receive the benefit of your plan quickly, without the need for lengthy legal processes.
Our Over 50 Life Insurance product reviews
As of March 2025,189 customers have rated our Over 50s Life Insurance giving the product an average star rating of 4.7 out of 5 on Trustpilot. The score of 4.7 corresponds to the star label 'Excellent'.