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Mortgage Broker Protection

By: Nick Riviera Home | Finance | Mortgages


If you are interested in mortgage broker protection, you may be looking for mortgage payment protection of mortgage life protection.

Mortgage payment protection protects monthly mortgage payments if for certain reasons you are no longer able to work. Reasons can be sickness, injury or unemployment. Benefits are usually paid for up to 12 months.

Mortgage life protection ensures that your mortgage will be paid off in the event of your death.

Mortgage broker protection for accident, sickness and unemployment usually means that when you qualify for a claim under one of these areas, you will have to wait a defined period before receiving the regular monthly benefit. For these policies the insured must choose what level of benefit they will require, with certain limits, usually relating to maximum benefit, not exceeding a certain percentage of your income. From that the premium is worked out, taking into account other factors such as age, smoking, drinking habits and life style. Rejections for application are not unknown, but usually relate to the cover not being suitable for the applicant.

Mortgage payment protection policies can also be termed as ASU (Accident, Sickness, Unemployment), MPPI (mortgage payment protection insurance), Loan Protection Insurance or Loan Payment Protection Insurance.

Most of these types of insurances are taken out by people who think there is a possibility that they may struggle to keep up repayments if they are unable to work for a period of time for one of the specified reasons.

If you are trying to keep your costs down then you would be well advised to shop around rather than take the first insurance offered to you. Premiums can vary substantially from one insurer to another. Although it may seem easier to take the protection when offered to you at the time of your loan, but you may get a better deal elsewhere.

If you go to a specialist provider of Accident, Sickness and Unemployment cover you may be able to purchase only the sections that you need, which should reduce your premium. What is actually covered by a policy and what is not can vary between insurers, so it is important to read the cover and know what it means.

Mortgage broker protection offering mortgage life insurance is also known as Mortgage Term Assurance. This is designed to pay off your mortgage in the event of your death. Critical illness cover can also be included with your life insurance policy for extra cost. On claim the insurance pays out a lump sum of money if you are diagnosed with a specified critical illness during a certain time period (the term). The term can be between two and 25 years for a guaranteed premium, or between two and 35 years for renewable premiums. If you die within the term, the policy pays out a lump sum. You can choose the amount of life cover you purchase, and people often want it cover the value of their mortgage.

You might also get a choice between Mortgage Term Assurance and Mortgage Decreasing term Assurance. In the former case the amount you are insured for stays the same for the term of the policy. In the latter case, the amount of protection decreases; this is designed to protect a repayment mortgage, with the cover decreasing pretty much in line with the capital part of your outstanding mortgage.



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