According to LIMRA in 2011, 7 in 10 U.S. households own some type of life insurance coverage.  

Nearly half of all U.S. households own individual life insurance policies.  Fifty-eight million, or half of U.S. households say that they need more life insurance protection, that they feel they are under-insured.  

Most individual life insurance policies "In Force" are permanent life insurance (71%) rather than term life insurance (29%).

Life insurance is one of the most important p...

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Some of the most common reasons why life insurance is denied may include:

1. You applied for a life insurance policy for which you do not qualify due to a medical condition, being overweight or underweight per the policy guidelines, or are out of the age limits of the policy. If you are too old, you may not qualify, or if you are overweight, you may not meet the insurer's underwriting guidelines for acceptance.

2. You are not a US citizen or do not have a green card or work...

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Yes, you can buy life insurance for your parents, but there are some requirements in order to purchase life insurance on your parents.

1. If you are going to own the life insurance policy for your parents, you can get a small life insurance policy to be used on final expenses. If you want to own a policy on them for a larger amount of coverage, you must show that you contribute to their lives financially, that you would suffer some financial loss if they were to die, for exa...

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When the term of a term life policy has ended, either:

1. The life insurance policy ends, which means there is no longer any life insurance coverage, or

2. The life insurance policy goes into an annually renewable term, unless

3. It has a rider or feature that enables it to enter a new level premium for a term of 5 or 10 years usually, at a higher price.

This new annually renewable premium is much higher than the original term life insurance premium was and can go up every year ...

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What are the main drugs that are a part of life insurance drug testing?

Life insurance companies may test for everything. Specifically, drug testing for life insurance may include marijuana, alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamine, LSD, heroin and other opiates. This is done through testing of samples of your blood and urine specimens.

Marijuana and alcohol are insurable by lost life insurance companies - you'll just pay higher rates depending on your amount of alcohol or marijua...

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I have a life insurance policy for a non-smokers rate, and I like a good cigar every once in a while (I'm not a frequent everyday smoker). Should I be worried about having them come in and randomly test me for tobacco use?

No, there's nothing random about it. They test 100% of the time when you apply for life insurance.

However, Life insurance companies do not do "random" testing on policyholders. If you are approved for the non-smoker rate for life insurance, and then you ...

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A DUI may affect a person's rate for life insurance, or the ability to qualify for life insurance policies, for up to 3 to 10 years.

The amount of time depends on the life insurance policy and the insurance company guidelines for DUI's.

Some No Exam life insurance policies will delay until two years after the DUI occurs. Other no exam life insurance plans and carriers may not count the DUI unless drug or alcohol treatment was needed as a result of the DUI. However, some life ...

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Yes, life insurance companies may see your medical records.

If you have taken a medical exam before when applying for life insurance, the information would be available through the M.I.B. (Medical Information Bureau) which is where insurance companies share medical information about applicants for life insurance that have taken health exams.

In addition, the insurance company may request that you take a physical exam, which the insurance company pays for and they get to see the results. Also, t...
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Life insurance is a mortality product based on your life expectancy - how long you are expected to live.

Many medical factors contribute to the underwriting of a life insurance policy, one of those considerations is the Body Mass Index (BMI).

Your height and weight contribute to the credits or debits assigned to this area of underwriting your health, and assessing your risk for premature death.

Additional concerns regarding a person's weight are associated diseases like obesit...

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Yes, you can take out a life insurance policy on someone else if you have insurable interest in that person.

Insurable Interest means that there is a financial tie between you and the person you want to insure for life insurance.

Either you would be hurt financially if the person were to pass away (because they owed you money, because they help support you, etc), or you are helping them financially now and life insurance would pay you back for your financial loss upon the oth...

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If you are considering the purchase of life insurance there's a good chance you need coverage.

There are many reasons people decide to buy a life insurance policy, usually because they have others who ely on them for some form of financial support.

For instance, some of the most common reasons people buy life insurance include the following:

1. Starting a new family.

2. Buying a new home.

3. Getting married.

4. To leave money to a charity.

5. To provide for estate taxes.

6. A new job promotion.

7. To ...
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A life insurance policy may or may not cover death resulting from an overdose.

The first two years of a life insurance policy, which begins on the date of issue is called the Contestability Period.

If the overdose occurred during that 2 year timeframe, it may be investigated as a suicide.

If death by suicide is confirmed, no death benefits would be paid out, unless it occurred in a state with a 1 year suicide exclusion; such as, Colorado.

If death of the insured occurs after t...

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Term life insurance will usually provide coverage as long as premiums are being paid.

Most Term life policies are annually renewable after the term of your policy ends. The prices are very high at renewal, but if you choose to pay them, you will still continue having life insurance coverage.

If your term life policy does not offer the renewable provision, your term policy will end when the years of the term have passed.

For Example: If you took out a 20 year Term life insura...

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Every life insurance company has their own set of rates for life insurance coverage based on a person's individual risk factors.

Each individual life insurance company determines it own rates based on information they currently have available to them which may include current trends, past loss experience, and future estimates of losses. 

This allows the life insurance company to offer a quality life insurance product at a competitive rate while remaining profitable.

Almost all ...

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Yes, you may be able to get life insurance after having a heart attack.

Whether or not you qualify for life insurance may depend on several factors, including but not limited to:

1. How long ago was your heart attack?
2. Have you made a full recovery?
3. Did you have heart surgery?
4. Are you on medication?
5. Do you have regular check-ups?
6. Your Age.
7. Your height-to-weight ratio.

Although you may or may not qualify for a regular life insurance policy, there are guaranteed issue life insurance pla...
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Yes, you can have two or more life insurance plans.

Over time you may find your need for life insurance coverage has changed, whether it's due to a life changing event, like getting married or buying a new home, or you have taken on additional debt.

No matter what the cause of your additional need for life insurance, it is possible for you to own two or more life insurance policies.

When you apply for life insurance the application has a question about any other life insurance you already own an...
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Yes, life insurance does pay out a death benefit for death resulting from an accident.

Regular life insurance policies pay for death from natural causes and accidents.

Whereas, an accidental death life insurance policy will only pay out a death benefit if the insured person dies as a result of an accident.

However, acts of war and suicide are usually excluded from a regular life insurance policy. Suicide is excluded for a period of 1 or 2 years, depending on the state you live in.

In addition, yo...
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For someone to take out a life insurance policy on you, they must have an insurable interest in you.

Insurable interest means the other person who wants to insure you for life insurance stands to lose financially if you were to die. The other person relies on you for some means of financial support.

For example, if you passed away, it would cause them financial harm.

Also, you must give the other person them permission to take out the life insurance policy on you by signing the...

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Yes, pregnancy may affect your ability to qualify for life insurance coverage.

If you are in the third trimester of your pregnancy, most medically underwritten life insurance carriers will ask you to postpone applying for your life insurance policy until after the birth of your baby.

Some No Exam life insurance policies may accept an application into the third trimester as long as the weight and other guidelines are met.

In the first two trimesters of your pregnancy, it varies ...

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