The Basics of Unemployment Insurance Cover

By Geraldine Baker


Unemployment cover is a type of financial product which can be taken out with a separate provider. This can be very helpful if in case you become unemployed due to your company's downsizing. If this happens, you will not have enough money to be able to meet your regular expenses but this insurance will help you deal with it. With unemployment insurance, you are given the assurance that you can still go on with your daily lives even if you are currently unemployed.

But even though you don't know what can happen in the future, it doesn't mean there is nothing you can do to be ready for the unknown. The girl scouts and the boy scouts have got it right. Always ready is a great motto to practice.

For the information of most individuals, unemployment cover is basically an aspect of payment protection insurance. Usually, once you are able to process the claims procedures for your unemployment insurance, you are given around 30 to 90 days to wait before you can get your insurance cash claims. You will be receiving your cash benefits with the period set by your insurance company. Usually you may receive your insurance benefits for around 1 year and some providers would even extend up to 2 years.

What happens is you can end up selling off your stuff - your valuable items such as your jewellery or your gadgets like your computer and your TV. You may even end up losing your house because you can no longer afford to pay the mortgage cost.

But there is a way you can avoid being in a situation where you have to struggle to make ends meet. This is the very purpose of having unemployment insurance policy. It will offer you a way to secure your income in case you lose your work and offer you financial support to help pay off your financial responsibilities like your mortgage bill, your electric bill, your credit card bills and even your grocery bills.

Unemployment Insurance is also known as Accident, Sickness and Unemployment policy or ASU. With this, you can file for insurance claim and receive pay outs from your insurance provider for the following reasons: 1) if you've been made involuntarily redundant at your work 2) if you got really sick and you can't work for awhile and 3) if you got involved in an accident and sustained injuries that also prohibits you from earning a living. In other words, you are entitled to insurance pay outs if your reason for unemployment fell under categories that are beyond your control.

You can use the money you will get from your insurance claim to pay off your financial obligations and even for your little pleasures in life because the money will be given to you directly so you can spend it anyway you please. You will be eligible for unemployment insurance claim for as long as the reason for your job loss is a reason beyond your control and not because you voluntarily resigned from your job or you were terminated because of misconduct. Wouldn't it be great to know that in the event that the unfortunate unexpected happens you are ready?




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