5 Common Myths – Income Protection Insurance
The Insurance Agent These people work for the company they represent. Whether it is Sunlife, Allstate or Co-operators, their entire income is paid from the coffers of that organization.
The word “combining” may be a little misleading. You still have an auto-specific policy and a homeowner-specific just as you have now. What is different is that both policies are written by the same company and, though you will have two different policy numbers, you typically will also have an account number that will include all the policies in your name with that company and that account number will be the prevalent identification for you with the company, rather than your policy specific numbers.
However, there is a downside. Generally these companies have stringent underwriting guidelines. This means that if you ever have anything “uncommon” regarding your insurance portfolio they most likely will not be able to accommodate you and will give you the boot.
This means for your car insurance if you ever get into two at fault accidents within six years, get more than 4 speeding tickets in 3 years, buy a car older than 15 years old, or have young children who want to be primary drivers on a vehicle, they won’t be able to do it.
If they can, it will most likely be insanely expensive because they don’t want that type of business. On home insurance, if you have had two claims in the last 5 years, a dog that is a high risk breed, (German Shepherd, Pitbull, Doberman), or run any kind of business out of the house you may suffer a similar fate.
In an ideal world, you would probably choose both insurance types. But what’s more important is that you have a plan to cover your livelihood and will be able to pay your bills if the worst happens.
I’m self-employed and it’s too expensive Some self-employed people are put off Income Protection as they think it’s too expensive. However, there are many good value starter products on the market to choose from and you can decide on the level of cover. I would advise getting minimum level of cover if money is tight – as a little is better than nothing at all.
As with any insurance purchase, DO YOUR HOMEWORK! List out what you want, what you have, what you are paying now. Find out which companies offer both auto and homeowner, an umbrella if you want it, and then comparison shop – not just for rates but for quality of coverage and quality of company. As with anything, you get what you pay for.
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