Insurance Continuing Education - Insurance Products

By Ed Hulse


Majority of people have little information concerning insurance products. For some they only know the widely known policies like automobile, health and probably life covers. Most mainstream insurance companies have a wide range of products to choose from. This may include flight cancellation and retirement policies.

Health policies help in footing a proportion of hospital bill and maybe doctor check-ups and costs of drugs prescribed for. A good health policy covers you and your entire family.

Life cover exists in two categories all payable upon death. The first one merges insurance and investment plan on investments like money markets, stocks or bonds. This is called whole life where the accrued benefits on investment are added to the initial face value upon maturity. The second policy commonly referred to as term life is different and pays upon your passing on the policy's face value.

In case of calamity or theft of your automobile, automobile cover will cater for such situations. Your vehicle and other person's vehicle will be covered by collusion policy just in case you caused an accident. In liability policy, only the other vehicle will be covered if you are the one who caused the accident. Underinsured or uninsured type of motorist cover caters for property and vehicle which get damaged when the two drivers are found at fault or either of them is underinsured or not insured.

Retirement policy, also referred to as annuity, is an agreement to use an account to make payments. You will be paid a sum of money after you retire, for your entire life. A retirement savings that is considerably strong and safe is annuities.

Business policy covers many services. A landlord can cover his property in case of a fire outbreak or accident. A business can be covered against theft by employees and also contractor losses. Compensation claims by workers can also be covered.

Trip cancellation policy can cover travel and ticket costs when you cannot go on a long-planned vacation due to an illness or death in the family. It can even cover you if the cruise line or airline goes out of business.

Umbrella coverage is a policy that covers and protects you or your business against unexpected losses due to large settlements or by exhausting the liability limits on any of your policies. It covers unexpected accidents in your vehicle and on your property that exceeds the liability limits which may be in the thousands of dollars. This extra coverage would have to buy in addition to other policies.

It is good to be aware of the various insurance products available. Majority of the policies will have a deductible that must be paid before the policy becomes effective. You can get information of the various options available from the internet or by contacting an agent.




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