People are being warned to watch out for messages appearing to come from a legitimate insurance company, claiming that having a Covid vaccination jab will invalidate your life insurance.
The fake messages which claim to come from Allianze - but are in fact a scam - state: "If you consent to taking a Covid-19 vaccine your consent is 'self-inflicted', it was your choice to have the experimental medical procedure and therefore insurance will not cover any damage or death."
The fake document was spotted by Allianz in Australia, and has also been sent to clients in the UK, reports The Mirror.
Gwilym Pugh, life insurance expert at I’m Insured, said: “The Association for British Insurers has been clear to point out that having the Covid-19 vaccine won’t affect your cover.
“Although life insurance providers have started asking about an applicant’s history of coronavirus, none have made steps to exclude it as a claimable event, nor have they raised any issue around having or not having the vaccine.
“Life insurance policies very rarely include exclusions and there are none that involve non-payouts for pandemics or viruses. In fact, any death is a claimable event, which includes those for covid-19."
Will my life insurance pay out for Covid-19?
An example of messages being sent to the public
