No, your spouse does not have to be named as your beneficiary on your life insurance policy.

As the owner of your life insurance policy you can choose anyone you wish to be the beneficiary, including but not limited to your children, although if they are minors, it is better to leave the money to a trust or another trusted adult who you know would use the death benefit for their welfare.

You can choose anyone or any entity to be your beneficiary who has some financial input i...

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In order to buy life insurance on another person the insurance company will require that you have an insurable interest in that person.

Insurable interest basically means you ely on the person for financial support, or you stand to lose out financially if the person were to die.

There does exist insurable interest between parents and their children, so you can buy life insurance for your mother.

However, in order to get life insurance on your mom, you may need her permission, signature on the ap...
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There are a few benefits of term life insurance over whole life insurance, including:

1. Term life costs a lot less than whole life insurance which means you can afford to buy more life insurance.

2. Term life offers the flexibility if choosing how long you have life insurance coverage from 10, 15, 20 or 30 years of protection.

3. Term life is easy to understand, you pay premiums for the coverage for a certain period of time, if you die during the term, your beneficiary receives a death benefit....
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Yes, you can almost always get life insurance while having lupus.

If your lupus is severe enough to cause kidney damage, anemia, pleurisy, pericarditis, or brain dysfunction, you will most likely need to take a simplified or guaranteed issue life insurance policy.

A guaranteed issue life insurance plan has a graded death benefit which means you need to be insured for at least 2 years before you have full coverage under your life insurance policy.

If it is mild, you can get med...

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Life insurance quotes are an estimated cost of your life insurance policy.

You can request life insurance quotes online, or by contacting a local life insurance agent, or calling a life insurance company direct.

In order to get an online life insurance quote you visit a life insurance website, fill out a quote request form, and instantly receive the lowest rates for life insurance from a network of highly-rated life insurance companies.

Life insurance quotes and quick, easy and convenient. You c...
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The number of life insurance policies you have will depend on how much life insurance you need and how many life insurance policies insurers may allow you to purchase.

Yes, you can own two or more life insurance policies.

Since your life insurance needs may change throughout your life, insurers will allow you to own more than one life insurance policy.

However, they ask about the amount of life insurance you already own when you apply for life insurance. They want to make sure you aren't over-in...
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There are several features to consider when comparing term life insurance policies, including:

1) The price and death benefit are guaranteed to stay the same for the full term,

2) How long the term lasts - 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 years?

3) The term life policy is convertible to permanent life insurance without evidence of insurability for an extended period of time, and

4) The life insurance carrier is reputable and highly rated by AM Best Company for financial strength.

Also, c...

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No, you cannot borrow money from a term life insurance policy.

A term life policy does not build up any cash value inside the policy over time like a permanent life insurance policy.

Term life is "pure protection", not an investment.

You may cancel your term life policy and you may get some of the premiums paid back, but there is no money inside the policy to borrow from, just life insurance protection.



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Any accident that causes death would be consider accidental death.

An accident is an event which was unintended.

Whereas, life insurance covers death by old age, accident, or intentional death by suicide, if you have been insured for two or more years, one year in some states like Colorado.

Accidental death insurance covers only death resulting from an accident, and most policies require death to happen within a certain period of time of the accident, such as, 30 or 90 days, in order for the dea...
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Yes, Life insurance companies can refuse to pay the death benefit of your life insurance policy if it is within two years since the policy was purchased, and they find that you misrepresented facts on the application for life insurance coverage when you applied for your policy.

For example, if the applicant for life insurance was scheduled for a biopsy for cancer, but answered "no" to the question that asked if there were pending tests for diagnosis of any disease.

If the he...

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Life insurance differs from Accidental death insurance in that Life Insurance pays for death of the insured person by any reason (except suicide in the first two years in most states), whereas Accidental death insurance only pays out a death benefit for death of the insured resulting from accidental reasons.

AD&D stands for Accidental Death and Dismemberment. If the death of the insured person is due to falling down stairs, a car accident, or any other type of accident, the ...

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The face amount of a life insurance policy is the original dollar amount of life insurance protection or coverage for which the policy was taken out.

The face amount of life insurance is also the amount of money that is paid to the beneficiary or insured (if the policy matures), minus any loans, or increased by any values stated in the contract.

The face amount of a life insurance policy is the amount of money your beneficiary will receive upon the death of the insured perso...

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Life insurance for a 65 year old may be affordable, or cost more than you might have expected, depending on your health. Many people put off purchasing their life insurance coverage until they are age 65.What they find is the cost is much higher than they may have expected. Most 65 year olds are no longer in excellent health so they will pay a rate higher than standard. However, you may want to compare rates among several of the leading life insurance carriers in order to fin...

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Getting life insurance with a DUI on your driving record may be possible.

The price you pay for your life insurance if you have had a DUI will largely depend on how long ago the DUI occurred, if there was any alcohol treatment involved, and if a second DUI occurred after that?

You may not be able to get a medically underwritten life insurance policy if you have had a recent DUI.

However, you may be able to qualify  for a simplified issued life insurance policy a year or two aft...

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No your life insurance death benefit can be used for any purpose your beneficiary wants to use it for.

Life insurance has nothing to do with your funeral.

Unless it's a preneed funeral insurance plan purchased from a funeral home to specifically pay for the cost of your funeral.

However, a funeral preneed life insurance policy does not have to be used for a funeral either. The funeral contract can be canceled by you at any time and the life insurance proceeds can be left to t...

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Life insurance death benefits are normally paid in a lump sum to the beneficiary or beneficiaries of the life insurance policy.

Or, life insurance proceeds may be paid in regular payments over a number of years.

Another option is a combination of both payment options, where the beneficiary receives a lump sum with the remainder made in payments over time.

When the life insurance policy proceeds are not taken all at once, there is interest paid to the beneficiary on the money th...

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How can I buy life insurance coverage for my parent?

You can buy life insurance on either or both of your parents because an adult child has an insurable interest in his or her parents. 

An adult child may purchase life insurance coverage on his parents because he may rely on his parents for financial support, of suffer financially if one or both of his parents were to die.

Many adult children buy life insurance plans on their parents to help offset or pay for the cost of their parent's funeral,...
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You can purchase life insurance for your parents since you have an "insurable interest" in your parents.

Some of the more common reasons adult children buy life insurance on their parents are for estate preservation or to take care of final expenses foe your parents.

You can also be the premium-payer, and as the owner of the life insurance policy, you can choose who is the beneficiary, and change it at any time. Typically, death proceeds are paid out free from taxes and avoid...

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The life insurance industry has several hundred life insurance companies, many of which specialize in insuring certain types of risk, including high risk applicants.

A declination from one life insurance company may not mean you will definitely be declined by another life insurance company.

After a declination for life insurance, you may still want to continue shopping for life insurance from other life insurance companies that specialize in insuring impaired risk applicant...

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I physical exam for life insurance is an examination that checks your health for any ailments and to determine if you have any nicotine or illegal drugs in your system, as well as if you have STD's, high cholesterol, high protein levels, or any other health problems, such as, diabetes or emphysema.

Life insurance companies don;t always require a medical exam of the person applying for life insurance. It depends on the person's age and the amount of life insurance requested. For instance, a 30 ...
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If you own the life insurance policy that is insuring your life. the person who gets your life insurance death benefit upon your death is the person you name as beneficiary on your life insurance policy.

If someone else is the owner of the life insurance policy insuring your life, the owner gets to choose the beneficiary, although as the insured person, you may have a say in choosing the beneficiary.

However, if the beneficiary is responsible for your death, the secondary bene...

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