IHTM44111 | Pre-owned assets: insurance based products: introduction
From HM Revenue & Customs · Inheritance Tax Manual
Insurance policies have a unique relationship to Inheritance Tax being linked to the death of the life assured. Consequently, a number of products have been designed to avoid the reservation of benefit rules. The POA consequences for these and some other insurance based products are as follows
discounted gift trust ()
gift and loan trusts ()
pension policies ()
business trusts or partnership policies ()
policies settled on trust before 18 March 1986.