{"id":3073,"date":"2020-10-21T12:36:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T12:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawtondailynews.com\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2020-10-21T12:36:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T12:36:16","slug":"pandemic-prompting-people-to-review-their-financial-defences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enidpost.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/21\/pandemic-prompting-people-to-review-their-financial-defences\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Prompting People to Review Their Financial Defences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAWTON, Okla. &#8211; \u201cThe diagnosis of a serious illness can mean a very difficult time for personal health and wealth,\u201d<strong>\u00a0said Mr Owen.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cA question everyone needs to ask themselves is: \u201cIf I were to become critically ill and could not earn a living, would my family be able to pay bills, the mortgage and other expenses?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur lifestyles may vary, but we all need to make financial safeguards and critical Illness cover can provide vital financial security when it\u2019s needed most.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost homebuyers purchase life assurance when they arrange a mortgage, but overlook critical illness cover, another form of financial protection that we are statistically more likely to need before reaching retirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the right protection in place, the insured person and their loved ones won\u2019t have to worry about money. It\u2019s essential to find the right peace of mind when faced with the difficultly of dealing with a critical illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critical illness insurance pays a tax-free, lump sum on diagnosis of any one of a list of specified serious illnesses, including cancer, heart attack and stroke. With medical advances, more people than ever are surviving life-threatening conditions that might have killed earlier generations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCritical illness insurance provides cash to allow the insured person to pursue a less stressful lifestyle while they recover from illness, or they can use it for another purpose,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<strong>he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost impossible to predict certain events that may occur within our lives, so having critical illness cover in place offers protection when the insured person, their partner, family or business may need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAWTON, Okla. &#8211; \u201cThe diagnosis of a serious illness can mean a very difficult time for personal health and wealth,\u201d\u00a0said Mr Owen.\u00a0\u201cA question everyone needs to ask themselves is: \u201cIf I were to become critically ill and could not earn a living, would my family be able to pay bills, the mortgage and other expenses? 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