Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows

Lats year holders of endowment policies with Scottish Widows were bitterly disappointed to be told that they would not be receiving any bonus on their policies, in spite of the fact that the underlying with-profits fund grew by 10%.

However, this year Scottish Widows, despite only showing a return of 5%, has added bonuses to 239,000 polices.

Needless to say, what is given with one hand is taken with the other, the final payout to mortgage endowment customers has fallen compared to 2007.

A typical 25 year, £50 a month mortgage endowment policy maturing in January paid out £38,136 this year, last year it paid out £38,758.

A mind numbing 88% of Scottish Widows endowment policy holders will not receive payouts large enough to cover the mortgages that their policies were designed to cover.

The blindingly obvious question therefore arises, what is the point of these policies if they do not do what they were designed and sold to do?