3 top tips for getting protected
- Shunil Roy-Chaudhuri, Personal Finance and Investment Writer
- 26 June 2024
- 5 mins reading time
1. Protect yourself first
The most important thing is to get you and your family insured, before you insure your pets, cars or mobile phones. After all, if you become ill and you’re not protected, then you may not be able to pay to insure your dog, car or phone anyway. So protection should be seen as an essential rather than an option.
Income protection can be crucial to ensuring you’ll have money coming in to keep the roof over your head, as it can provide a continuing income, allowing you to cover your mortgage. You might want to ask yourself the following question: ‘What I would rather lose, my home or my mortgage?’
Income protection insurance can also help preserve the lifestyle you’ve become accustomed to and people often still have full lives even if they’re unable to work. Moreover, if you’ve got a family you might want to take into account the challenges your partner might face if you become unable to work and you’re not adequately covered.
2. Start young
Protecting your income when you’re young can cover you for the rest of your working life and can enable you to lock in cheaper guaranteed premiums. In contrast, the costs of cover would increase even if you took out protection in your early twenties through your employer. So you need to take cover out in your own right as early as possible. After all, no one knows what could happen in the future.
3. Regularly review your protection
Reviewing your protection arrangements regularly is essential, as your circumstances and priorities can change significantly and sometimes quite quickly. Insurance policies can also evolve, as new features are introduced. A financial adviser can help you understand the various options available, review your existing arrangements, and make appropriate changes to reflect your particular needs.
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