Dec 6, 2008
Check Mortgage Insurance Protection Cover Out Online
By Simon Lance Burgess
Checking out mortgage insurance protection cover is imperative before you rush into taking it out. There are many factors you have to be aware of if you are to ensure suitability for your circumstances. You also need to get the cheapest premiums, while at the same time buying a quality product. With this in mind you need to turn your thoughts to independent providers of payment protection, as these offer you the cheapest premiums and plenty of information.
Information about the mortgage insurance protection cover you are considering is essential, as this is where the exclusions can be found. Once you have checked them against your lifestyle you can then rely on the cover. A policy is taken out for a fixed premium based on the amount you want to insure of your mortgage and the level of cover needed. Some providers offering age based mortgage protection will take your age into account and this is where first time buyers with huge mortgages and little spare cash can benefit.
You are able to choose the amount of protection most suitable. A policy can be taken for accident, sickness and unemployment together. However you could also just choose to protect against incapacity only or unemployment only, whichever suits your circumstances better. The amount you choose to protect will be the amount that is paid out to you, tax-free, if you need to put in a claim. All standalone specialist providers will set a limit on the amount that you are able to take insurance for each month, so check this in the terms before taking it out.
You would have to stand to so many day of unemployment or incapacity, but some providers will backdate to the first day you become unemployed or were incapacitated. Providers will usually state anywhere between days 30 and 90 and then the policy would continue paying out for either 12 months or 24 months. This is usually enough time for you to have made a full recovery and be able to go back to work, or for you to have found work again.
Mortgage insurance protection cover could give you the money needed for you to keep out of arrears with your mortgage repayments. It is a far better solution than considering falling back on savings or believing that the State would step in and provide you with your mortgage repayment. You would have to be eligible to make a claim for State benefit and this means meeting many requirements. You cannot have over a certain amount of money in the bank and you also cannot have anyone living with you who are earning a full time income. Even if you were entitled to receive State benefit, the money it provided would only go towards the interest payment on your mortgage. You could also have to wait for several months before you would see any benefit. While mortgage payment protection does have some conditions that have to be met, once you have checked it is suitable you would have protection you could rely on.
Simon Burgess is Managing Director of the award-winning British Insurance, a specialist provider of mortgage insurance protection cover.
