Important: Watch This Video Before You Buy Mortgage Life Insurance from Your Bank or Lender
7 Reasons Your Own Life Insurance Is Better Than the Default Option from Your Bank or Lender
Lender Mortgage Insurance
- The mortgage lender is automatically the beneficiary
- The insurance is paid directly to the lender and covers your remaining mortgage balance. You have no choice.
- Your mortgage amount reduces over time but your premiums stay the same. You pay more for less over time.
- Your insurance is not always portable. If you change mortgage companies you may lose coverage. You may have to re-qualify for insurance at the new bank / lender.
- You lose the coverage if the mortgage is assumed or in default
- If you cancel your coverage you lose all your premiums.
- Often times underwriting is done post-claim and not upfront causing problems when a claim is made.
Your Own Life Insurance & Disability Plan
- You name the beneficiary. You decide who gets the money.
- You choose how the payment is used. It can pay off the mortgage, eliminate debts and provide money for your family.
- Your coverage amount does not decrease unless you choose. You get what you pay for the whole time.
- Your insurance is portable and tied to you, not the mortgage. You can change your mortgage provider and keep your insurance
- As long as premiums are paid your coverage is maintained. Even if your mortgage is assumed or in default, the life insurance remains in force.
- Some types of Life, Disability and Critical Illness insurance give back all or a portion of your premiums if you cancel the coverage.
- Underwriting is done upfront so you know that you are covered if the worst happens.
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