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Protecting your income

If you lost your job, would you still be able to meet your mortgage or rent payments and cover all your other regular expenses as well?

It’s important to make sure that you and your family are able to cope financially no matter what life throws at you.

Income protection for homeowners and renters

Always be prepared

On top of mortgage or rent payments, you no doubt have a pile of other bills that come in each month for things such as your health insurance, your phone and your car. But what would happen if you lost your job or got sick? Would you still be able to afford it all?

It’s better to play it safe and make sure that you are financially secure whatever happens.

Your regular expenses include your rent, car-leasing payments, and health insurance premiums, each of which amounts to several hundred francs a month. The economy’s not doing well and you lose your job, but you get only 70%–80% of your salary in unemployment benefits, causing your income to drop considerably. A BCV RevenuProtect income-protection policy will make up for that shortfall, so you won’t have to worry about making ends meet each month.

What happens if you become unemployed