When considering a payment protection plan you should consider it very carefully and check over the terms and conditions of the policy so you know when you would be able to claim and for how long. This can differ greatly with some providers as can the cost of the insurance and the exclusions which may be found in a policy.
There are some providers that could allow you to make your claim after the 30th day of your unemployment or incapacity had passed. However there are also other providers that could ask you wait for up to 90 days before making your claim. Some will back date the policy to the first day that you suffered from one of the events that you chose to insure against, so this would have to be checked too. Once you have begun to receive your benefit from the policy you would continue to do so for a period of time and this would also depend on the provider. Some could give you 12 months of protection and others might offer you a policy that would continue for as long as 24 months. However after this period of time your policy would cease if you were to
have to make a claim for this length of time.
You could take out a payment protection plan to protect against unemployment and incapacity together in one policy. In this case you would have the luxury of being able to make a claim if you were to suffer from either of these events. You could alternatively choose just to take insurance against redundancy alone or incapacity alone whichever suited your lifestyle better. You also have to check to find out if carer cover was included in your policy as a generous provider will include this. If so you would be able to take care of a loved one if they were incapacitated while still having an income.
You could take a policy to protect the repayments of your mortgage by way of mortgage payment protection. This policy would allow you to insure so much of your mortgage repayments and the income provided would go a long way towards ensuring that you would have a substantial amount towards your mortgage repayment each month. If you have loan repayments to keep up then you could take out loan payment protection. This income would supply a sum you would be able to use towards meeting your monthly loan repayments and so keep out of debt and possibly court. Income payment protection would provide an income that you could use as you wanted towards meeting any essential repayments.
Whatever form of payment protection plan you chose to take out you would have to check the small print of the policy before going ahead and taking it. There would be exclusions which would need to be checked against your circumstances so that you can be sure of being able to make a claim. Some providers could add in many exclusions and others might add in just the basic common ones.