Yes, a term life insurance policy covers accidents.

Term life insurance pays out a death benefit if the insured person dies as a result of natural causes, medical illness, or accidental death.

However, some insurance policies may have exclusions for high risk activities; such as, sky diving or auto racing.

So, although term life plans cover accidental death, your coverage is subject to the terms, conditions, and exclusions stated in the insurance contract.

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Does term life insurance come with accidental death coverage?

Yes, it does include coverage for death resulting from an accident.

Term life covered death resulting from natural causes, illness and accidental death.

In addition, there is double indemnity coverage available which pays out twice the death benefit if the insured person dies from an accident.

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If you're shopping for life insurance you may be wondering about the differences between accidental death insurance and term life insurance.

Accidental death life insurance plans provide a death benefit if the insured person dies as a result of an accident without a specific timeframe of the accident.

Whereas, term life insurance pays out a death benefit if the insured person dies during the term (duration) of the policy, and if the death occurs as a result of natural causes, illness or an acci...

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How does term life insurance compare to accidental death coverage?

They are two different types of life insurance.

Term life pays out a death benefit to your beneficiary if you die from an accident or natural causes.

Whereas, accidental death only pays out a death benefit if you die as a result of an accident. 

And, the insured must die usually within 3 months of the accident in order for accidental death to pay out a death benefit on the policy.

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Will my life insurance policy pay out a death benefit if I die as a result of an accident?

Yes, standard life insurance policies cover accidental death and natural causes.

However, intentional acts are usually excluded from coverage.

So, for instance, suicide is usually excluded if it occurs within the first two years you are insured (one year in some states).

But, there can be exclusions for certain high risk activities or occupations.

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Unlike traditional life insurance that provides a death benefit only in the event of the death of the life insurance policyholder, accidental death and dismemberment insurance provides additional coverage in the event the policyholder becomes permanently injured in a number of specific ways.

This type of policy traditionally pays a certain benefit for the loss of limbs, with a specific dollar figure assigned to each type of lost limb.

Many companies provide this type of cover...

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Yes, I believe an accidental overdose is just that, an accidental death, and would be covered under your life insurance policy as a covered cause of death.

I would however expect a full investigation to rule out suicide as a cause of death if the life insurance policy is less than two years In Force.

If your life insurance coverage has been in place for more than two years, whether your death is accidental or intentional, the claim should be paid in a timely manner to your ben...

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Yes, life insurance policies may cover skydiving accidents.

If you got a life insurance policy that did not explicitly exclude death related to skydiving, the life insurance policy will pay for death that was caused by a skydiving accident.

However, this is taking into account that you did not lie about your past and future skydiving intentions on your application when you applied your life insurance policy.

The life insurance company has a two year contestability period calle...

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Life insurance pays the death benefit if the insured person passes away due to natural causes or accidental death during the period of time you are censured under the life insurance policy.

If you want the life insurance policy to pay out a double death benefit in case of accidental death and your policy does not do that as a feature of the policy, you may be able to purchase an accidental death rider.

That way if your death occurred due to an accident, the life insurance pol...

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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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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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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.

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Yes, life insurance may pay out a death claim on an insured who died from an accidental overdose.

However, if the overdose is an illegal drug and you die within the first two years of being insured by your life insurance policy, there may be a problem. 

Every Life insurance application has a question regarding illegal drug use. 

If you answer "No" to that question, and then you die of an illegal drug overdose within the first two years of being insured, there is a contestable ...

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