Which type of credit insurance pays your debt?

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    • What is Credit Insurance?
    • Types of Credit Insurance:
    • What is the cost of a Credit Insurance policy?
    • Credit Insurance FAQs(Frequently asked questions) :
    • What are the different types of credit insurance?
    • What is the most common type of credit insurance?
    • What is covered by credit insurance?
    • Is insurance a debt?

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  • ICISA focuses its activity on advocating on behalf of our members on issues affecting credit insurance and surety. ICISA’s Committees and working groups are key to our success; bringing together deep, international expertise to discuss major developments, industry concerns or distribute emerging best practice.

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  • The International Credit Insurance & Surety Association (ICISA) brings together the world’s leading providers of trade credit insurance and/or surety bonds. Founded in 1928 as the first dedicated trade credit insurance association, ICISA broadened its focus in the 1950s with the addition of sureties to the association. Today, our membership includes insurers offering whole of turnover and single risk protection, representing the great majority of private credit insurance capacity worldwide. Meanwhile, our surety members deliver bonding in diverse industries, including construction, judicial proceedings, licensing and many more. Finally, recognising their core role in the credit insurance and surety ecosystem, ICISA also includes the major reinsurance providers in these markets.

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What is Credit Insurance?

Credit Insurance is a type of insurance policy that is used to pay off existing debts in cases such as death, disability and in some cases, unemployment. Credit insurance protects the policyholder from the lender from the borrower’s inability to repay the loan or debt due to various reasons. The insurance policy will pay the lender on behalf of the policyholder.

Types of Credit Insurance:

There are four types of credit insurance. Listed below are the four types of credit insurance.

• Credit life insurance- This type of credit insurance pays off all the loans in case of unfortunate death of the policyholder.
• Credit disability insurance- This type of credit insurance policy is also known as Credit accident and health insurance. The policy pays certain amount of monthly payments for a particular loan in case the policyholder falls ill or gets injured.
• Credit involuntary unemployment insurance- This is also known as involuntary loss of income insurance. It pays for a specific number of monthly loan payments if the policyholder loses his/her job during the term of the coverage.
• Credit property insurance-It protects the personal property used to avail the loan in the event of theft, accident or natural disasters (earthquakes, floods and tornado).

What is the cost of a Credit Insurance policy?

The cost of a Credit Insurance policy depends on various factors such as the loan amount/ debt amount, type of credit and the type of policy. The premiums can be paid either in a Single payment method or through the Monthly Outstanding Balance method.

• Monthly Outstanding Balance method- This method is usually the most common with credit cards, home equity loans and other similar debts. There are two categories under this mode of payment. Listed below are the two categories:>

  -Open end accounts- The premium is charged monthly and is based on the monthly debt. The amount will be stated as a separate charge on the statement sent out by the lender.

  -Closed end accounts- The amount of debt does not vary and a fixed amount has to be paid every month. Failure to pay this amount will result in cancellation of the policy.

• Single Payment method- The premium amount is calculated at the time of initiation of the policy and the borrower will be responsible for the entire payment at the time the policy is purchased.

Credit Insurance FAQs(Frequently asked questions) :

1. How does the policy pay out under Credit Life insurance?

   In case of unfortunate death of the insured, the policy pays out the outstanding loan amount to the creditor.

2. Is credit insurance mandatory for a loan?

   Credit insurance is optional. But it always advisable to avail credit insurance with a loan in order to stay protected against loan liabilities.

3. How is Credit Property insurance different from the other types of credit insurance?

   Unlike the other three credit insurance policies, credit property insurance is not directly related to an event affecting the borrower’s ability to repay the debt.

What are the different types of credit insurance?

What is the most common type of credit insurance?

What is covered by credit insurance?

Is insurance a debt?