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Friday, January 16, 2009

Income Protection Insurance, one of the most important insurance policies

Income protection is an income replacement benefit designed to protect a person against the financial consequences of a long-term illness or injury. Considering for the working people, it is necessary to have an income protection that can charge bills, and supply your other need for a while if you are in the short term unable to work because of sickness or other causes. It is an essential insurance for most people, but few realise this until it is too late.

The main benefits of the income protection are the peace of mind and the monthly income it provides if you were to lose your job due to an involuntary reason.
Income protection insurance will help take care of your monthly financial commitments if you were to lose your salaried income. Job loss does not have to be stressful. If you have a replacement income it will make finding a new job or recovering from an illness so much easier.

No-one can guarantee that they will not be the victim of an unfortunate accident or be diagnosed with a serious illness.
We had to choose an insurance company that offer income protection, because we can never predict what will happen with us in about even an hour next, everything is changing around us continually. That why we had to controlling our unknown things. With income protection, we could give guarantee, an assurance to our life.

The actual premium you pay for Income Protection Insurance takes into account a number of different factors including:
  • Amount of Benefit Required
  • Deferrment Period (How long you want to wait before the policy starts paying)
  • Your Occupation
  • Your Age when you take out the policy
  • Smoker Status
  • Estimated retirement age
  • Health and Medical History

Each of these factors will have a direct effect on the premium that each insurance company offers you. For instance, as with most types of insurance, your age and sex have a fundamental effect on how likely you are to make a claim in the eyes of the insurance company.

If you are keen to protect your income and maintain your lifestyle during such a difficult time then you may want to consider obtaining an income protection insurance policy.

2 comments:

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John December 22, 2009 at 4:29 AM  

Glad that you posted and emphasized this policy. Some people might forget about this.
Leilani@Insurance Agent Forum

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