Group life assurance pays out without the need for probate and provides bereavement counselling, says GRiD, ahead of bereavement benefit changes
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Press release 27 March 2017 From 6 April this year, the new Bereavement Support Payment will replace the current suite of State bereavement benefits (Bereavement Payment, Bereavement Allowance and Widowed Parent’s Allowance). On the face of it, the changes appear to be beneficial, with a refocus on the additional and more immediate costs of bereavement support […]