“A parent of children under 18 dies every 22 minutes in the UK; around 23,600 a year. This equates to around 111 children being bereaved of a parent every day.” “1 in 29 5-16-year olds has been bereaved of a parent or sibling - that's a child in every average class.”  Read more

Although insurances cannot begin to compensate for the emotional consequences, they can help on a practical level by giving the surviving parent more options in moving forward. In particular, some ongoing income gives more work-life choices around their children. Cotswold works with families not just on planning their wills and estates but also on considering the consequences of the worst possible scenarios to put contingencies in place.

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