Mortgages: 5) Buying the right insurance for your mortgage

Your mortgage is one of the single biggest things that you will do throughout your life. For most of us it is a long-term loan, which will be sanctioned only if we agree to give our properties as security.

It is vital therefore to ensure that this investment is securely protected and that you have an insurance policy in place to cover you should things go wrong.Nobody wants to put his or her home and risk and although we sometimes view insurance as a necessary evil, in this case it is of utmost importance.

You are legally obliged by entering into the contract with your lender (where your private home is being taken as security) to have your mortgage amount insured over the term of the mortgage. This is by way of a mortgage protection policy, which can also be referred to as life assurance.