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Life Insurance and Critical Illness
The role of a life insurance expert
Posted on 22. Sep, 2011 by admin in Life Insurance
The role of a life insurance expert may be difficult to define – principally, perhaps, because in the most typical of cases it involves not just one but two individuals:
- an insurance specialist who usually knows a lot about this particular sector of the financial services market and the wide range of products available; and
- just as critically, you, the person looking for life cover, who is likely to be the sole expert on your own and your family’s particular needs and circumstances.
Viewing the life insurance expert in this twin-personality role, what are some of the things that might need to be known when arranging life cover?
- how much life cover do you need – clearly, this is very much a question for you to decide in the light of your current circumstance and your family’s likely needs in the event of your death;
- the cost of premiums – the amount of cover you choose, is likely to be the principal factor determining the rate of monthly premiums you pay. Your insurance adviser, or expert, however, is likely to be in a position to guide you in the direction of best value for money in balancing cover and premium rates;
- insurance term – how long a period are you looking for life insurance cover? Once again, this is likely to depend on your personal and family circumstances. Choices are typically made according to such considerations as the maturity date of a mortgage, the date when any dependent children are likely to have finished their education, and so on;
- what type of life insurance – you might find the principles of standard, term life insurance relatively simple and straightforward, of course, but there are several other types of life cover (mortgage life insurance, increasing term life insurance, decreasing term life insurance, to mention but a few) which you might want to consider in the light of any guidance offered by your life insurance expert.
