If you fork out for your funeral while you’re still alive, you kind-of hope you’re doing it well in advance and at a discount. I’ve said before that it’s those who can least afford it, and want to leave as much of the little they have to their kids, who are most likely to take out one of these plans. And I’ve been shouted down for saying that they’re a waste of money but now we hear that if the company you choose goes bust, there’s no compensation. Hang on to our money and invest it wisely. I’d say.
““Sir Howard Davies should be ashamed” – brokers react to NatWest chair’s property ladder comments”
‘Just when bankers’ reputations have started to recover’ might be something of an exaggeration. The image of fat cats and their traders earning big bonuses while crashing the economy still endures and has been given further life and legs by the NatWest chairman’s ultimate out-of-touch-with-the-real-world comments.
