Mortgage Protection Insurance

Mortgage protection insurance comes in a couple of different varieties. With mortgage protection insurance one can protect a home after loss of job or loss of life. Mortgage protection insurance that covers your mortgage payments when you die is really mortgage protection life insurance. This type of mortgage protection insurance may not offer as much as a term life insurance policy, so a comparison should be made between these two types of policies, when deciding how best to protect your family. 

Mortgage protection insurance for your life can also be extended to that of your spouse as well and is generally much cheaper than buying two separate policies. When applying for this type of policy, insurers take the applicant's age, whether they are a smoker or non-smoker, and the value of the death benefits into account. In addition, the premium stays stable over the life of the policy.

The other type of mortgage protection insurance covers mortgage payments during job loss. This type of insurance may not cover self-employed workers or contract workers or active military personnel. Benefits of the job loss mortgage protection insurance may be paid directly to the mortgage company and not the home owner. In addition, some insurers can opt out of writing policies for regions hard hit by lay-offs and high unemployment numbers.

Mortgage protection insurance should not be confused with Private Mortgage Insurance. Private mortgage insurance offers limited protection in that it only pays off a portion of your loan if you default, whereas mortgage protection insurance will pay off your entire loan when you die or helps you with your payments because of job loss. If you've purchased a home with less than a 20-percent down payment, your lender most likely required you to purchase private mortgage insurance. Private mortgage insurance will get you into a home, but mortgage protection insurance keeps the payments steady during rough times.