You’ve worked most of your life to give your family a comfortable house to live in. You want your children to live happily and contented with the business that you’ve built through the years. Yet accidents do happen. When it does happen, the first question will be, are you protected to ensure that what you’ve built through the years won’t easily be blown with the wind? If your answer is yes, then congratulations!

Yet then again, what if you’re not protected to ensure everything that you’ve worked for including yourself? You need to think it over. Remember, even the most careful person needs insurance. They can’t prevent accidents from ever happening. Although, having insurance is not a substitute for risk management, yet it’s designed to help you absorb any responsibility that may occur. Hopefully as you read on, this article will let you realize the importance of having insurance. Not just for your protection, yet for the protection of your loved ones and the dream that you’ve built.

If you do have insurance and you’re tempted to put it off, don’t. Insurance helps you pay for everyday expenses and provides you a back-up in case of serious illness.First, what is insurance? Insurance, according to the dictionary, is a promise of reimbursement in the case of loss or is an amount paid to people or companies after a disaster or accident. In short, insurance is a policy designed to make sure that you are no worse off after an accident or disaster than you were before it happened. Insurance is designed to protect you and your family from unforeseen disasters and financial burdens.

Insurance comes in all shapes and sizes. It runs the extent from personal insurance to corporate umbrella liability plans, as well as auto and homeowner’s insurance plans. Knowing what types of insurance you need is also important to make sure that you don’t overspend on things that are unnecessary.

There are different types or kinds of insurance for every type of situation. Here are some important types of insurance: Disability insurance, life, health, long term care insurance, auto, homeowner’s insurance and liability insurance. Consider your needs and what you need to protect. These are the most common types that anyone may need in case something happens to your property, to your loved ones and most specially to you.

Disability insurance. Did you know that a person like you is more likely to be disabled for sometime before you die in case of a serious accident? Ask yourself, if you become disabled, how can you cover your expenses? How will you be able to save for your retirement? Since majority of disabilities are health related, can you afford the risk of being without earnings and having increased healthcare expenses? If you are someone whose income is required to maintain your lifestyle, then protect your income by purchasing this type of insurance as this is a vital risk management strategy for all wage earners.

There are 2 types of disability: short-term and long term. Short term coverage will provide income replacement protection, usually after one week of disability, and will pay up to six months. Long term, on the other hand, is the type of disability that starts generally at the six-month mark and continues until age 65.

Life insurance. On most occasions, life insurance protects your surviving family in the event of your death. This type of insurance offers protection to the family you leave behind and serves as a cash resource to deal with money owed, payment of mortgages, and other living expenses.

Also, life insurance can have a savings or pension component that provides for you during your retirement. It also protects your hard earned possessions by providing tax free cash which can be used to pay estate and death duties and to tide over business and personal expenses. In case of bankruptcy, the cash value as well as death benefits of an insurance policy is exempt from creditors, if any.


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Fred Williams
RunRight Insurance
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