Life Insurance FAQ's

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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