If you suddenly were prevented from working due to unemployment, accident or illness, what would happen to your lifestyle?
<P>Income
protection insurance is a means of protecting yourself from a sudden lack of
income due to the inability to work. You may have an accident that causes you
to be off work for some months, or you may become ill and so cannot work. Or
you may become unemployed for some other reason. But if you have income
protection cover you will still get around 75% of your income rather than an
unemployment benefit which would not be anywhere near that amount.</p>
<p>Income
protection insurance is for those people who have quite a large income and the
lifestyle to match. If they were suddenly deprived of that income they would
find it impossible to continue paying their bills and may have to sell some of
their assets or even lose their home.</p>
<p>While some people may feel that such protection is simply
another bill to pay you can get cheap <a href="http://www.ccafp.com.au/income-protection-insurance-quotes">income
protection insurance</a> so it
need not cost a great deal. And when you think of the benefits you will get
from such cheap income protection you will realise that it is well worth
it. For only about a week’s salary per
year you can have the peace of mind in knowing that should you be unable to
work your lifestyle and income would be protected. It will pay for: -</p>
<p>• Your
monthly mortgage repayments.</p>
<p>•
Educational expenses for the children.</p>
<p>• You may
need additional home help.</p>
<p>• Living
expenses.</p>
<p>• Savings
for your retirement.</p>
<p>Such benefits are certainly worth the little extra cost of
the <a
href="http://www.ccafp.com.au/income-protection/">income
protection</a>. In fact, you
will soon realise that you cannot afford to be without it. You only have to
listen to the news to see the number of car and other accidents that happen to
people and then there is sickness to consider as well. Thinking that it will
not happen to you is dangerous thinking because it very easily could happen.
But if you have income protection insurance you will be well- prepared for
anything the future might bring.</p>
| About the author |
Patrick White is an Insurance Advisor with an experience of more than 15 years. |
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