Insuring Your Mortgage
A personal approach to insuring your mortgage:
Mortgage financing is probably one of the largest financial commitments you will make in your life. Safeguarding that commitment from the curves life may put in your path, means having the right kind of risk protection. All too often people assume this critical protection has to come from their lending institution. Before you say yes to lender provided mortgage insurance, consider the options. Protecting your mortgage with a personal insurance plan can offer you and your loved ones better guarantees, greater choice and more flexibility—and in most cases at a lower cost.
Insuring your mortgage to suits you
Personal insurance plan:
• You own the policy and designate the beneficiary.
• Pays benefit to your designated beneficiary.
• Coverage continues after mortgage is paid.
• Pays the total value of insurance plan you purchased. Total value of coverage remains stable for the life of the plan.
• Premiums are guaranteed for the life of the plan.
• Only you can cancel or make changes to your plan.
• Plan goes with you from one home to another—one mortgage to the next.
• Your premium is based on your age, health and smoking status.
• Plan designed by personal Consultant offering expertise and personalized service.
Lender insurance plan:
• Lender is the owner and beneficiary of the policy.
• Pays benefit to lender.
• Coverage expires when mortgage is paid off.
• Pays out only the amount owing on the mortgage at time of claim. Total value of coverage decreases with mortgage balance.
• Premiums can be adjusted by lender at any time.
• Lender can change or cancel policy at any time.
• Policy cannot be moved to new mortgage, a renewal or a new lender.
• You pay the same premium as everyone else borrowing from the same institution.
• No personal consultation provided with policy.
Kenton Waterman
Investors Group Financial Services Inc.
145 King Street West, Toronto
416-860-1668
kenton.waterman@investorsgroup.com
