The Guide To Understanding Consumer Insurance Products

This reference is filled with uniquely illustrated charts and easy-to-understand language that reveals for each of the 30 financial products featured:- What it protects against- How it works- Who should buy it- Who doesn't need it- When to buy it- How it's paid forIntended as an independent third-party reference for insurance professionals and their customers, The Guide to Understanding Consumer Insurance Products offers a new way to think about the financial products offered by the insurance industry to meet the wealth-accumulation and retirement needs of consumers.The Guide features in-depth looks at:- Annuities- Auto Insurance- Health Insurance- Life Insurance- Travel Insurance and Much More

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Consumers spend billions of pounds on insurance policies every year. But how much of it do they really need and could they be paying less for any of it? Using a step-by-step approach, this guide explains what to take into consideration before buying insurance so that the reader can avoid under- and over-insuring, and duplicating, and points out what to look for in the small print. Case histories throughout illustrate the sorts of mistakes that are frequently made, and how they can be avoided. This text covers a broad range of policies from house contents and buildings to holiday, health and car insurance. It also examines the pros and cons of life insurance as an investment.

A vital tool for understanding the confusing intricacies of the insurance business. Industry standard forms are annotated with plain-English descriptions and examples. Case studies and field reports from insurance veterans show the common assumptions and mistakes people often make about their coverage--and how to avoid them.