Why Do I Need Insurance?
This section explains insurance basics as well as answers some of the most common questions our clients ask when buying insurance. The basics include understanding what coverage best fits your needs.
Credit Insurance Products
Credit Life Insurance
Credit Life Insurance protects an insured customer(s) by paying a benefit in the event of the customer's death. Benefits are applied to the customer's loan.
Benefits of Credit Life InsuranceCredit Disability Insurance
Credit Disability Insurance protects an insured customer by making disability benefit payments to the customer's loan if the customer is unable to work due to a covered illness or injury.
Benefits of Credit Disability Insurance
Credit Involuntary Unemployment Insurance (IUI)
Credit Involuntary Unemployment Insurance (IUI) protects an insured customer by making a stated number of benefit payments on the customer's loan if the customer is unemployed as a result of layoff, general strike, involuntary termination of employment, unionized labor dispute or a lockout.
Benefits of Credit Involuntary Unemployment Insurance (IUI)
Non-Credit Insurance Products
Term Life Insurance
Term Life insurance provides a benefit to the insured’s beneficiary in the event of the insured’s covered death. Additionally, if the death is the result of a covered accident, the death benefit amount payable is doubled.
Benefits of Term Life Insurance
Disability Income Protection
Disability Income Protection is insurance that provides payments to the insured in the event the insured becomes disabled and cannot work because of a covered sickness or injury.
Benefits of Disability Income Protection
Lender-Placed Auto
Lender-Placed Auto, often called Creditor-Placed Insurance (CPI) Auto, is coverage obtained by the lender when the borrower fails to provide proof of, or maintain coverage on an auto used to secure the loan and as required by the loan agreement. CPI provides limited coverage and primarily protects the lender’s interest in the property. Generally, no coverage will be provided to the borrower.
Contact your lender for more information on any lender-placed product added to your loan.
Other Products
Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP)
GAP is a product offered by auto lenders in case of total loss to the auto. The GAP product covers all or part of the difference between what the customer owes on their auto loan and the payment amount made by the customer’s primary auto insurance as of the date the lender applies the primary insurance payment to the auto loan. If the auto is not covered by primary auto insurance, or the primary auto insurance denies benefits, the difference between the auto’s Actual Cash Value as of the date of loss and the remaining unpaid balance of the customer’s auto loan, as of the date of loss is covered. Total loss includes unrecovered theft, or damage where the cost to repair or replace the damaged auto exceeds the Actual Cash Value of the auto on the date of loss. Please note, based on the state, the GAP product may be insurance or a non-insurance waiver.
For the states of AL, CA, DE, FL, ID, IL, KY, MD, NE, OH, OK, SC, SD, WV, WI, and WY this product is available as a non-insurance waiver.
Download the product brochure for GAP Waiver
For the states of AZ, CO, GA, HI, IN, KS, LA, ME, MI, MO, NC, ND, NM, OR, PA, TN, UT and VA this product is available as insurance.
Home and Auto Plans
The Home and Auto Plans are membership club products that provide various benefits and services to assist with everyday events relating to a member's automobile or Home. Some Auto Plan benefits could include Emergency Towing, Locksmith and Car Rental, and Auto Repair Reimbursement. Some Home Plan benefits could include Mobile Phone Protection, Financial and Legal Advice by Phone, Savings on prescriptions and eyeglasses, and Everyday savings on Entertainment and Vacation Travel Services powered by the Entertainment Savers Guide. Not all Plans and Plan features are available in each state. Additional information can be found at https://homeandauto.com.
Silver Safeguard Plan
The Silver Safeguard plan is designed to cover expenses related to family, health and lifestyle needs. Some of the benefits include Healthcare Savings and Protection (e.g., telemedicine, prescription drug, home healthcare device and hearing aid discounts and hospitalization reimbursement), Identity Theft Protection, benefits related to Death of a Loved One (e.g., accidental death benefit and funeral services discounts), Common Life Event benefits (e.g., moving & storage reimbursement and marriage & divorce reimbursement), and discounts on Dining & Travel (e.g., Restaurant.com gift cards and travel attractions and experiences). Not all plan features are available in each state. Additional information can be found at https://realbenefits.com.
For the states of AL, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NH, NM, OH, OR, PA, TN, UT, and WA.
If you would like more information on any of these products, please contact us.
