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Mortgage Income Protection Insurance or PPI as it is better known, is an insurance policy that protects and supports a person in case of accidents, sickness and other traumas. Such insurancs can be useful when a person is out of work for reasons beyond their control. Mortgage protection PPI insurance is popular in United Kingdom.
Mortgage protection PPI insurance comes with a lot of terms and conditions which are to be closely examined while taking such a policy.
Mortgage Protection Insurance - cover against incapability of a person to work
In general, Mortgage Income Protection Insurance is quite expensive because of the nature of risk it covers.
Mortgage protection insurance policies may become invalid in cases where a customer changes the occupation or changes the sector of his job, which is major drawback of PPI mortgage protection insurance.
There are several types of exclusions in Income Protection Insurance in most companies which include:-
It should also be noted that PPI does not provide death benefits or health insurance. Also such insurances do not give any tax relief to the policy-holder; however the payments received on claim on PPI claims are tax-free. Premiums paid are hugely dependent on occupation and medical conditions of the customer making PPI even more expensive.
Consider all the pros and cons before taking a Income Protection Insurance.
If you’re not sure what do to next – get in touch with us. We should be able to sort out which company is involved and pursue then for compensation.