Mortgage rates hit 6%: What you need to know
26 June 2023With mortgage rates once again hitting 6%, as a homeowner in Hitchin, Stevenage, or Letchworth, you may be rightly worried.
How would you and your family cope financially if you were unable to work because of illness or accidental injury?
Speak to an insurance adviserYou might think it wont happen to you, but if you were in this situation how long could you afford to pay your financial commitments, for example mortgage/rent or household bills. The money you may be entitled to from the government may not be as much as you might expect. Fortune Financial Planning can advise and arrange Income Protection that provides you with a regular income if you are off work because of illness or accidental injury during the cover term.
If you cant work because you become ill or disabled, Income protection will be able to replace part of your income to help you through a difficult time.
Income protection will pay out until you can start work again or until you retire, die or end the policy term, whichever is sooner.
Either in the short term or long term depending on the type of policy and its definition of incapacity.
While the policy lasts you can claim as many times as you need to.
A regular income for your family when your gone
Family Income Benefit insurance pays out a fixed regular amount of money to your loved ones. The payments start when you die and continue until the end of the policy. As it’s a regular payment it can be used as an income to help pay bills and maintain your family’s lifestyle.
Instalments for Family Income Benefit are fixed which means they will never change.
To get covered for Family Income Benefit it only takes a few minutes, speak to one of our team to get covered.
When you die the policy will pay out a regular amount of money to your loved ones until the policy ends.
If you have a young family, you might want cover to run until your children are grown up, using the income for everyday expenses or specific items such as school or university fees.
Unemployment Cover is a type of income protection and/or mortgage payment protection. It is designed to pay you a benefit if you are made redundant. Losing your job, and therefore your income is a horrible experience as it adds significant financial worries so Unemployment cover gives you peace of mind.
If you have Unemployment cover up to 65% of your income is covered giving you peace of mind.
Unemployment cover protects your mortgage payments, rents and bills helping you out in a difficult time.
Contact Shannon, our Protection and Insurance Adviser, and she will find you the perfect package for your circumstances. Complete this form or call 01462 510 400.
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May 2022
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Remortgage, Hitchin
May 2022
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