No one should ever have to experience the sudden and
unexpected death of a spouse, child, parent or other family member in a fatal car accident.
You will rely on each other's finances for day - to - day living and
an unexpected death of a spouse can be both emotionally, physically, and financially draining.
Not exact matches
But you might be forced to refinance or sell your home before you break even on your points if you face an
unexpected life challenge like divorce,
death of a
spouse, disability or a job loss or transfer.
However, it might make sense to put a written income flooring plan in place in case
of an
unexpected death of the financial decision - making
spouse.
The
unexpected and wrongful
death of a
spouse, child, parent, or another person close to you, can leave you overwhelmed after your indescribable loss.
«Some
of these factors are pretty predictable — such as the financial obligations brought on by dependents and mortgages — but your
unexpected death could prove to be a huge financial burden for your
spouse, reducing your Social Security benefits and possibly pension benefits and bringing about unplanned medical and funeral expenses,» he says.
The benefit to this is that because you are in charge
of the policy on your
spouse, you know you are financially protected should the
unexpected occur and you have easy access to all the information required to receive the
death benefit.
One
of the most common is when an income producing
spouse and / or parent wants to protect against his or her loss
of income due to an
unexpected death.
If, during a covered trip, there is an
unexpected death of an immediate family member (
spouse, child, parent or sibling), a break - in at the insured's principle residence, or the substantial destruction
of the insured's principal residence due to a fire or natural disaster, Patriot GoTravelSM America pays to return the insured to the area
of principal residence.
You and your
spouse are covered against the risk
of unexpected death in one single term insurance policy.
Some people do choose to carry both types
of policies at one time; a small whole life policy that will be sufficient, should the insured live a very long time, to pay off existing debt and provide for their
spouse (if applicable) and a term life policy that could cover everything should an
unexpected death occur or the insured die young.
However, setting the «sub-prime debacle» aside, thousands
of homes end up in foreclosure each year for reasons neither the homeowner or lender could have foreseen: job loss and business failures; divorce or sudden
death of a
spouse; health related issues and expenses; and myriad other expenses that are
unexpected and unpreventable.