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Income protection insurance

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Mortgage payment protection
This aims to cover your monthly mortgage payments if you're made redundant or are too ill to work. This type of policy pays out for a limited period only - usually 12 or 24 months. If you need to claim there's normally a time period before you get your first payment, so you can tie this benefit into other types of cover you have, like sick pay from your job.

Key pros and cons of mortgage payment protection

Pros

  • Worth thinking about if you've taken out your mortgage after October 1995 or have re-mortgaged since then, as you probably won't get any help from the state with your mortgage bills if you get into trouble
  • May be good if you think paying your mortgage would be difficult if you were made redundant, or were too ill to work and you don't have any other protection to cover living expenses
  • May be useful to think about if you are self-employed or don't have a job which has sick pay

Cons

  • Can be quite expensive
  • It covers a specific debt - your mortgage, so you won't have extra money to provide for other things like food, clothing etc

Making a claim
For information on making a claim visit our making a claim section.

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