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Protection Insurance Guide

Types of Protection Insurance – the options

Many people ask us which protection product to choose. There are three products to choose from and for each of those products you can select different levels of cover, depending on your needs.

The three types of protection we offer are:

1. Income Protection - allows you to safeguard any of your outgoings, including council tax, rent, loans and even your shopping bills.

You can cover a maximum amount of £1,500 or 50% of your gross income, whichever is the lesser.

2. Mortgage Protection – this covers just your mortgage and up to 25% of related expenses, such as your life insurance premiums.

You can cover a maximum monthly mortgage payment of £2,000 or 50% of your gross income.

3. Loan Protection – this is specifically designed to cover your loan(s) repayments.

You can cover up to a maximum of 125% of your monthly loan repayment or £1,000 or 50% of your normal gross income whichever is the lesser amount.

Options for cover:

For each of the types of protection insurance above, you can select what event/s you want to be covered for:

1. AS (Accident and Sickness) - covers you if you are unable to work due an accident or illness.

2. U (Unemployment) - covers you in the event of redundancy or if you have to leave your job to become a full time carer for a member of your immediate family.

3. ASU (Accident, Sickness and Unemployment) – covers all three.

As standard, life and terminal illness cover are included in our Loan Protection policy.

Take a look at our video about different types of Protection Insurance.

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Income Protection Insurance (PPI)

Income Payment Protection Insurance will pay a tax-free monthly benefit of up to £1,500 per month, after the waiting period (ranging from ‘back to day one’ to 180 days), in case of involuntary unemployment or if you are unable to work due to an accident or sickness.

Mortgage Protection Insurance (MPPI)

Similar to payment protection cover, but restricted to cover your mortgage payments only. The maximum benefit is £2,000.

Holiday Home Insurance

From second home insurance in the UK to cover for your overseas holiday home we’ve got it covered through our UK based service through Towergate, who provide holiday home insurance to over 25,000 customers.