To find out exactly how much more, we used a profile of
the average life insurance applicant — a 38 year - old male applying for a $ 500,000, 20 - year term policy, which will cost $ 25.37 per month.
Interestingly,
the average life insurance applicant in our data set had lower percentages of ailments across the board.
Not exact matches
Preferred Rating Class: One of the best premium rate classes available on
life insurance policies for
applicants that are determined by underwriting to be in better than
average health.
Most insurers can offer discounted
life insurance rates to
applicants with a combination of much better than
average medical test results, no family history of serious diseases, and healthy lifestyle choices.
Preferred Plus Rating Class: The best premium rate class available on
life insurance policies for
applicants that are determined by underwriting to be in better than
average health.
Standard Plus Rating Class: The premium rate class available on
life insurance policies for
applicants that are determined by underwriting to be of slightly better than
average health.
Standard Rating Class: The premium rate class available on
life insurance policies for
applicants that are determined by underwriting to be of
average health.
When applying for
life insurance coverage, there are a number of different factors that could cause your premium to increase above that for an
average applicant.
Given this,
life insurance underwriters will also analyze factors that could possibly cause an
applicant to pass away prior to their
average life expectancy.
Because HIV is considered a serious health risk that shortens a person's
life expectancy, the
average cost of
life insurance for people with HIV is 3 to 5 times more than what a healthy
applicant would pay.
Life insurance applicants in Rhode Island (11.9 %), D.C. (7.9 %) and Hawaii (7.1 %) have much higher rates of asthma than the national
average (4.4 %), while
applicants in Maine (1.4 %), New Mexico (1.5 %) and Idaho (1.6 %) have much lower rates.
Life insurance applicants in North Dakota (17.4 %), Iowa (12.7 %) and Delaware (10.3 %) have much higher rates of depression than the national
average (6.3 %), while
applicants in Louisiana (2 %), South Dakota (2.4 %) and Alaska (3.1 %) have much lower rates.
Keep in mind, these figures don't speak to the overall
averages of these conditions in each state, but rather the
averages among
life insurance applicants.
Life insurance applicants in North Dakota (34.8 %), Vermont (28.6 %) and Kansas (27.2 %) have much higher rates of tobacco use than the national
average (20.5 %), while
applicants in Utah (8.2 %), Idaho (8.2 %) and Hawaii (8.9 %) have much lower rates.
Life insurance applicants in Alabama (23.2 %), Louisiana (22.4 %) and Mississippi (22.2 %) have much higher rates of high blood pressure than the national
average (14.6 %), while
applicants in Montana (2.1 %), D.C. (6.8 %) and Rhode Island (7.1 %) have much lower rates.
Life insurance applicants, on
average, have lower rates of high cholesterol (25 % less than national
average), tobacco use (22 %), high blood pressure (14.4 %), diabetes (7.1 %), sleep apnea (4.2 %), asthma (3.6 %) and depression (0.7 %).
Though
life insurance applicants are healthier than the
average American, it largely depends on where they're from.
Life insurance applicants in Kansas (6.1 %), Louisiana (4.8 %) and North Dakota (4.3 %) have much higher rates of diabetes than the national
average (2.3 %), while
applicants in Missouri (0.4 %), D.C. (0.6 %) and Wisconsin (0.7 %) have much lower rates.
Life insurance applicants in Iowa (5.5 %), Missouri (5.2 %) and Indiana (4.8 %) have much higher rates of sleep apnea than the national
average (2.4 %), while those in Oklahoma (0.8 %), Michigan (1.1 %) and D.C. (1.1 %) have much lower rates.
Below, we illustrated the
average monthly cost of $ 250,000, 10 - year term
life insurance for an
applicant in
average or «standard» health.
Life insurance applicants in South Carolina (17.3 %), West Virginia (16.7 %) and Idaho (16.4 %) have much higher rates of high cholesterol than the national
average (11.8 %).
Though
life insurance applicants seem to be healthier than the
average American, those who do have health ailments and / or certain habits end up paying significantly more money for their policies.
In this article, we've shed some light on the cost of term
life insurance by providing sample rates by age and gender for
applicants in
average to excellent health.
In most cases, guaranteed universal
life insurance is roughly half of the cost of a comparable whole
life insurance policy for an
applicant in
average health.
Lincoln offers no exam term
life insurance to
applicants in
average to excellent health and they offer extremely competitive rates to tobacco users.
Whole
life insurance policies usually offer $ 5,000 to $ 50,000 in coverage and most companies will approve
applicants who are in
average or better health for their age.