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Sharpie wrote:$17mma wrote:
If you take out unemployment only mortgage protection, then read the small print carefully- some comapnies expect you to sign on and be in receipt of jobseekers allowance before they will cough up any benefit..which does not suit everyone.
Well I figured that the PHI would kind of replace MPI as it would safe guard our income, though I see what you mean PHI only covers if you are unable to work due to illness etc and does not cover redundancy.
The list of insurances needed seems endless.:wall:MFWB
Mortgage when started: £232,000
Current mortgage Sept 2024: £232,000
Mortgage free day: Sept 2029
Saving: £12k 20250 -
$17mma wrote:Sharpie wrote:
Well I figured that the PHI would kind of replace MPI as it would safe guard our income, though I see what you mean PHI only covers if you are unable to work due to illness etc and does not cover redundancy.
The list of insurances needed seems endless.:wall:
Don't get downhearted- remember that you are doing the sensible thing by considering extra cover in the first place...I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA),but this site does not check my status as such, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's code of conduct for IFAs. Anything I post on this forum is for discussion purposes only, and should not be construed as financial advice.0
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