Quarter of Britons could access only £100 if unable to work

The study also shows that one in four (24%) households say they could only access £100 without further borrowing within a week if the main breadwinner was unable to work. Results also found that the average household could only get their hands on £914 of disposable cash, less than two weeks expenditure of the estimated £471 weekly average according to Office of National Statistics data. Aviva says that the figures also show Britons are drastically under-insured with only 37% of households covered by life insurance or critical illness cover. The majority of Britons (59%) consider it...