Many people cut corners on insurance in an effort to save money.
They don’t buy policies that they should have, or they are underinsured on the policies they do have. They think that paying a smaller premium is a way to save money and do better financially. Technically, this is a way to save money. But only until you need the insurance and then you learn that all the money you saved on premiums is peanuts compared to the amount that you have to pay out of pocket if you don’t have good insurance.
One of the ways that we have remained out of debt is by not skimping on insurance. It sounds counterproductive. We spend around $5,000 per year on insurance premiums for our home, our cars, umbrella insurance, life insurance, flood insurance, disability insurance, and long term care insurance. This doesn’t count the health insurance through our employers, of which we pay a portion. Our policies are not basic. We’ve bought as much liability as we can afford and we’ve added several options to many of our products to deal with some special cases we have. It’s a lot of money to lay out every year, but without several of these products we would be deeply in debt.
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