Posts Tagged ‘Income Protection’

Unemployment / Redundancy Insurance Arn’t They The Same?

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Considering protecting your income or mortgage should you be made unemployed?

You could be forgiven for thinking when comparing two policies one covering unemployment and another covering redundancy they cover the same thing.

But they don’t the terminology used for the cover should be read carefully along with any description of the terms offered within a policy.

A policy covering redundancy would NOT trigger a valid payable claim should your employer end your contract of employment unless you were involuntarily made redundant. Where as a policy covering unemployment would pay if you were made  involuntarily redundant or if your employer ended your contract of employment through not fault of yours.

Therefore a policy offering unemployment insurance offers a higher level of protection than a policy covering redundancy.

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Insurance Websites Need to be Fair

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

The ever more frequent searches on the web for insurance is difficult at best. But the healthy competition has placed a cloud as some websites employ misleading tactics in a strategy to win over your business.

Web pages offering Mortgage Payment Protection (MPPI) is a prime example, as well as misleading claims on the product pages stating they compare 100’s of MPPI products when clearly they don’t as there not that many to compare in the whole market place.

Other strategies employed include awards with no credibility or value, and with some awarded with the so called  independent expert judges being the award recipient and on the judging panel.

If you plan on making a buying decision based on a websites awards take another 10 minutes to Google it and check the validity of the award and the criteria it was awarded for. As it maybe just a fake or irrelevant to your purchase or awarded by a panel who maybe respectable but what is there background of expertise?

Many of these insurance websites with pointless awards tend not to include Defaqto Star ratings, which is industry recognised as providing information used for comparing all types of financial products. Their tools are also used by independent financial advisers to compare similar products and provide advice.

More information http://www.defaqto.com/

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Instant Pioneer Income Protection Quotes

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

QuoteMe4 are pleased to announce that we have completed our instant comparison quotes for Professional Income Protection, Pure Income Protection and Bills and Things offered by Pioneer Friendly Society.

This will provide users the facility to get instant quotes and consider the policy terms complete a data capture application for their award winning cover online without interaction 24/7.

All three policies offer OWN OCCUPATION cover throughout the policy and during a claim for all occupations. For more information and a quote visit go to www.quoteme4.co.uk or call 0800 022 6571

New Form of Income Protection Unrelated to Earnings

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Pioneer Friendly Society have just launched a new type of income protection called “Bills and Things” to help cover your living expenses should you be ill or have an accident. However unlike standard Personal Health Insurance (PHI) or Accident and Sickness (ASU) polices this plan is totally unrelated to income.

This provides the self employed or employed with reassurance that they can have cover as there is no financial underwriting  at any stage.

The main benefits of the plan are:-

  • No financial underwriting so you can chose the level of cover you need
  • Cover is provided up to a maximum age of 68
  • Benefits are paid after 4 weeks
  • Valid claims are paid for 1 or 2 years (depending on the cover duration selected at outset)
  • Multiple claims are allowed for each separate illness or accident
  • Claims for the same illness are allowed after 6 month back at work
  • Underwriting has been simplified with a short application and telephone underwriting
  • Cover automatically increases with the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to maintain the real value over time
  • Premiums are age related
  • Minimum cover £500
  • Maximum cover £1,000

With the cost starting at £9,99 for £500 monthly benefit for those who are for the self employed or employed with high outgoings in relation to income this will fill the protection gap nicely. It’s only a shame the cover is limited to £1,000 monthly benefit.

For more information or to request a quote go to www.quoteme4.co.uk or call 0800 022 6571

Redundancy Income Protection

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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With the confirmation that Synergy Protect will cease all new applications for unemployment insurance at the end of October 2009 this will certainly leave a gap in the market.

No other provider offers this level of cover that can be used to protect your lifestyle with such flexibility to choose between £100 and £2,000 per month cover no matter how much you earn or how much you pay on your mortgage or rent and all this with only a 30  day qualification period (initial exclusion).

I’ve yet to understand why so few know about this product even moneysavingexpert.com has no mention of the product even though its been avaiable in its current form since 1 July 2009. Instead they recommend an alternative thats more expensive has a 120 day initial exclusion (ouch) pays them commission and is limited on how much it can cover. This is truly a gem that when its gone will surely be missed.

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Why MPPI Providers Can Alter Your Premium With 30 Days Notice!

Friday, September 25th, 2009

With more of us wanting security if made redundant the last thing we want to have is the cost of our cover increase.

Most Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) policies are monthly re-viewable. This gives the insurance company the option to alter the terms of the cover with only 30 days notice and impose a price increase typically because of higher than expected claims in an economy that has seen records redundancies and claims on such policies.

This leaves the consumer in a difficult position as they are not able readily compare the cost of cover as the price could alter soon after you have made your application.

With more providers imposing restrictions on cover so that you can only take out cover in connect with a new mortgage or mortgage review this can leave some with little choice as they cannot easily get replacement cover.

It’s time that this option which allows insurance companies to impose such increases be outlawed as its unfair and is does not fall within the “treating your customers fairly” as outlined by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

Some providers now offering annual renewable MPPI policies that give the consumer a fixed price for their cover over a 12-month period. This is certainly preferable to the current arrangement and is likely to be the future as the Financial Services Authority influence product development with terms that are not detrimental to the consumer.

For more information or a quote on quality MPPI cover visit www.quoteme4.co.uk

Unemployment Insurance Competition

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Buy your unemployment insurance from QuoteMe4.co.uk and get the chance to win an iPod Touch worth £165 (full terms and conditions are on the website).

In the current employment economic climate with more of us feeling uncertain about our financial future having unemployment cover to ensure your income would continue should you be unlucky and be one of the many being made redundant does make sense and help put your mind at rest.

Unlike most unemployment cover thats linked to a debt such as a mortgage or loan Synergy Protect offer cover thats totally independent, which gives you the freedom and flexibility to cover any amount from £100 per month benefit to £2,000.

With only a 30 day activation (exclusion) period your cover provides valuable protection after the 30th day.

Time is running out to get this cover as the price from 1st October will be increasing by over 43% so don’t delay.

The cost of Redundancy Insurance up 43%

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

The last 12-months have seen a number of insurance companies withdraw their redundancy only insurance which pays out a monthly amount of income if you are made involuntary redundant and actively seeking work.

Synergy Protect are one of only a few who provide peace of mind for those who have come to feel uncertain about their financial future with their market leading redundancy insurance.

However they have now announced that their UK market leading redundancy insurance policy  providing unemployment only insurance will from 1st October 2009 be increased by just over 43% for all new applications from this date. All other features of the unemployment cover remain at this stage unchanged.

This announcement follows discussions with their re-insurers Hamilton Insurance Company and is unlikely to be the last as the unemployment cover will only be available until 30th October 2009.

The new rate per £100 of unemployment benefit will be £3.95, this £1.20 per £100 more than the current rate of £2.75 per £100. A £2 plan fee is also payable.

This will see the cost for £1,000 per month unemployment only redundancy insurance, rise from its current rate of £29.51 to approximately £41.50 for new applicants from October. Existing polices we are told will be unaffected by this price change.

Even taking into account the reprice of this cover it still offers good value considering the flexible features that are not available on any other product within the market, such as no mortgage or loan required, cover not linked to income.

Pipeline cases will have 4 weeks to complete from the 1st October deadline otherwise terms will be offered on the new higher rate of £3.95 per £100 of benefit.

John Garcia from QuoteMe4 confirmed time is running out to get this market leading redundancy insurance product.

Redundancy insurance time is running out

Friday, September 11th, 2009

The UK’s market leading provider of redundancy insurance Synergy Protect may soon withdraw their product, which has been at the forefront of unemployment only cover during the last few months as a result of their low pricing strategy and generous cover terms.

The facility to cover any amount from £100 to £2,000 per month with cover not linked to your income or any debt such as a mortgage or loan has provided peace of mind for many in the current economic climate.

At just £29.51 per month for £1,000 per month for redundancy only insurance cover its 30% cheaper than any rival plus with only a 30 day initial qualification period (exclusion) for new policyholders you can see why this unemployment cover is ahead of the pack as most other providers are 60, 90 or typically 120 days.

Benefits are paid back to day 1 after a 30 day waiting period and a valid claim is paid for a maximum of 12-months.

This policy is now under review and in its current form will only be available until the end of Sept 2009.

After this its future for new applications is at this stage unknown.

John Garcia from quoteme4 confirmed that with those terms this maybe your last chance to get cover before the product is withdrawn or the terms are altered.

For more information on this cover visit www.quoteme4.co.uk