We might all be familiar with car insurance but how many people know what Gap Insurance is? I know that I had never heard about this type of insurance before until it was brought to my attention recently. The Gap Insurance covers the deprecation on a car in the event of it being stolen and never recovered. How does it work you might wonder and do you need to take it out if you have outstanding finance on the vehicle? Say you have ten thousand pounds worth of car finance on your car but when it gets stolen the insurance company says it`s only worth eight grand. It means you`ll have to find the extra two thousand pounds to pay off the finance company. If you take out Gap Insurance on the car, this amount will be covered, so you don`t have to find any additional money to pay off the debt. Most people buy cars and decide to keep them for a set amount of time so they know how much finance they need to take out on the vehicle and when the car will be paid for. They never think that the car might be stolen and what an effect this could have on their finances. The Gap Insurance provides extra protection so that should the unthinkable happen at least the money side of the problem is taken care of.

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