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Income protection plans provide a replacement income should you not be able to work for a long period because you have become disabled through an accident or illness. Your cover level is chosen to suit your needs. Some companies will make sure that your payments increase annually in line with earnings, and will increase your payments and your benefits accordingly each year. You can also decide how long your cover or payments will be made for, i.e. at what age between 50 at 65, to enable you to control your premiums. Note that as long as you have the plan you are able to claim as often as you have to.

Should you become ill or disabled, you will have agreed on a "deferred" period with your insurer, during which you need to carry on making payments. The deferred period is an amount of time from the first day you can't work until the first day you should be receiving your payout. When the deferred period ends, you stop paying premiums and your income should be paid for the length of time that you meet the claiming criteria. You need to restart paying premiums as soon as you return to work.
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Some insurers will stipulate a minimum payment for your income protection insurance premiums. You will normally agree to pay monthly or annually. The rates that you pay may be changed as insurers have a right to adjust premiums should there be a business need.

The actual levels that your premiums are set at depend on various criteria. The first is your age, as the older you are, the higher chance statistically that you might suffer an illness bad enough to stop you going to work. Then there is your gender, whether you are female or male. You'll also be asked about your general health, and whether you smoke. Then the insurer will need to know your occupation, and the risk to your health and ability related to that occupation (hint: if you work on a busy building site you should expect your premiums to be higher than if you sit in an office all day).

Then there are the more financial aspects of the cover you require. The amount you need to pay for premiums will also depend on the amount of income benefit you actually need. Then there is the length of the deferred period - from the first day that you can't work to the first day you require payment. In addition to this, there is the length of the plan term - which is how long you will be covered for. Finally, your premiums will also depend on the level of escalation that you choose for your payment benefits.

 

 

 

 

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