A mortgage insurance quote is something you should seriously consider obtaining if you are a homeowner and would like to protect yourself and your family from dire financial straits should you as the primary wage earner become incapacitated or if you pass away. In this article I will attempt to cover a few of the pros and cons of purchasing mortgage insurance and places to look for mortgage insurance quotes.
Getting a mortgage life insurance quote, though easy to obtain online or by calling an agent is in a way jumping the gun in your overall consideration of your life insurance needs. Ask yourself first to be a prudent move to obtain mortgage life at all. It is possible that a term life policy, which is quite inexpensive relative to the amount of coverage you are buying, might be better suited to the needs of your loved ones should you die unexpectedly. The benefit to this more holistic strategy would be that your family could determine themselves where to put the death benefit payout amount, rather than being obligated to pay off the mortgage with monies received from premiums you paid over the years.
Should you still decide that a mortgage protection insurance quote is what you are after, the best place to start is very probably online. A little bit of education will go a long way especially if you’re not conversant in life insurance topics generally. This life insurance basics guide aims to be just that sort of educational site, incidentally.
Mortgage life insurance is not to be confused with private mortgage insurance or PMI, which lenders often require that you buy. Rather, it is entirely voluntary and purchased as a way to protect your heirs by paying off their mortgage with a tax-free benefit, and not the company that granted you a mortgage. It is possible to include supplements to this policy that will give you and your family funds immediately if you should be stricken with a critical illness, or become terminally ill.
All the terminology may be confusing when it comes to insurance-life, mortgage, online quote-at the end of the day having a good insurance agent to consult with face-to-face is really necessary to determine what kind of insurance is right for you. Ask around to friends or relatives who might be able to suggest a trustworthy agent. Here she will be able to augment basic education you should have gotten online, and be able to tell you what is best for your own situation.
Just remember that if you decide against term life, that a mortgage insurance quote will not take into account the overall financial needs of your family should you pass away, and you have to have a plan to address these additional financial obligations that they will have.
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