Friday, February 22, 2013

Wedding Insurance - Would You Require This?

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By Esperanza E. Astafan


People purchasing a brand new vehicle don't think twice concerning insurance coverage. This is because they are accustomed to the belief that as well as being legally required to get it, they accept that it is sensible and also prudent in any case. On a bigger scale, individuals buying a house additionally affirm that household insurance is really a necessity, however, not always a legal one at the moment.

So it's a surprise that with a conventional wedding today still costing around 15,000, albeit down from the 2010 high of 20,000, a lot of couples are not acquiring any kind of wedding insurance to protect what is almost certainly their third largest financial costs of their own life-time.

These points come from recently unveiled data from insurers along with other wedding orientated bodies. Additionally, there are a few interesting anomalies, like the fact that it is more likely to be men rather than women who take out wedding insurance.

There should therefore be a basic reason why individuals likely to get wed are not protecting their own investment. Aside from lack of media interest, there's a general perception that wedding insurance isn't essential. Individuals getting married are sometimes very wrapped up in their own organising that they forget that they are investing thousands of pounds without having any type of protection if things go wrong. And things can and also do go wrong. Once they do, it can be a pricey exercise.

The present financial climate has meant that hitherto safe businesses are actually going to the wall at a frightening pace. That means that the venue that you paid your 4,000 deposit to can certainly go bust and you will not obtain a penny of it back! Similarly, these firms that offer the ancillary services, just like florists, caterers and so on are subject to the same financial dangers. So doesn't it make sense to pay a comparatively cheap insurance premium and be able to be done with it?

Before taking out any wedding insurance coverage, there are a few things you should think about initially. If you use your own credit card to pay for anything, like the deposit on your venue for example, you may find that you already have some protection in the form of the Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act. In simple terms, this covers you for anything termed a breach of contract, like the venue being double booked, and you may be able to obtain a refund that way.

Lastly, check whether your household insurance already insures you for several elements of a wedding, often a month before and after the big event, but talk with your insurer.

Although credit cards or home insurance may offer a certain degree of protection, neither is indeed a substitute for a full wedding insurance policy. With the average wedding costing a lot of money, with regard to a premium starting from around just 20.00, be sensible and protect your 'investment' using wedding insurance.




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