Being
classified as a smoker on your life insurance applications will make your premiums double or even triple in some cases.
For example, if your super fund has
classified you as a smoker or blue collar worker, and these risk characterisics aren't relevant to you, you could be paying more for your insurance than you need to.
If you've purchased a policy in the past 10 years and were
classified as a smoker due to infrequent cigarette use, please call us right now.
Assuming you have been
classified as a smoker, your life insurance premiums could be twice those of a non-smoker, or more.
This means a life insurance carrier will consider Chantix to be like other nicotine products, and you'll be
classified as a smoker.
Because of the research around tobacco products showing their effect on mortality rates, being
classified as a smoker can raise your rates to anywhere between two and four times more expensive than a comparable non-smoker.
If you test positive for nicotine at all, you'll probably be
classified as a smoker, even if it comes from the patch or another smoking cessation product.
Second, go ahead and take the exam, after which you'll likely be
classified as a smoker.
then you will be
classified as a smoker irrespective of whether you are a frequent smoker or an occasional one.
Quit Smoking Incentive Plan — if the insured person is
classified as a Smoker, and is at least 16 years old on the certificate issue date, we will charge Non-Smoker premiums for the first two certificate years.
However, because there is nicotine in these products, some life insurance companies will still
classify you as a smoker even if you don't actually smoke anything.
If your answer to any of the above questions is yes, you will be
classified as a smoker.
Sometimes smoking cessation techniques and devices, such as nicotine gum, the patch, or electronic cigarettes, can lead companies to
classify you as a smoker.
If you have been smoking in the last few months, be it frequently or occasionally, then you can be
classified as a smoker.
Not exact matches
If nicotine is detected in your medical exam, most life insurance companies will
classify you
as a tobacco user and offer you
smoker rates.
Most companies will
classify a Pot
smoker as a non-
smoker as long
as he does not also use tobacco.
Some companies treat it casually; some give it the requisite weight, while others
classify it in the same category
as that of regular tobacco
smokers.
For example, while every company
classifies a regular cigarette
smoker as a «tobacco user,» some companies may make exceptions for people who only smoke the occasional cigar or two and offer nonsmoker prices, which will often cut your price nearly in half.
According to the rule, a person who has been chewing tobacco in the last 12 months prior to the application for life insurance is often
classified in the same risk class
as tobacco
smokers.
Say you'd normally be
classified as Preferred; if you smoke, you'd be
classified as Preferred
Smoker as the insurer's way of saying that although you otherwise fit the Preferred risk profile, there's a likelihood that health issues will arise thanks to your habit.
Ever since the invention of E-Cigarettes, the life insurance industry has
classified E-Cigarette
Smokers as tobacco smokers straight across the
Smokers as tobacco
smokers straight across the
smokers straight across the board.
When you think of all of the secondary diseases caused by smoking — such
as cancer, heart disease, lung disease, and strokes — it makes sense to
classify a
smoker's life insurance
as high risk, and to charge higher premiums based on this classification.
If nicotine is detected in your medical exam, most life insurance companies will
classify you
as a tobacco user and offer you
smoker rates.
Hi, Do you have access or links to the research that Prudential and Lincoln Financial used to decide to
classify pipe
smokers as non-
smokers?
However, cigar
smokers who light up 3 or 4 times a year often get a break and are
classified as non-
smokers.
Insurers use very specific guidelines and questions to
classify consumers
as smokers, and they aren't always intuitive or logical.
Smokers who are young, in good health, and pose little risk to the life insurance company can still be
classified as «Preferred Plus» or «Preferred», but will be charged a higher premium.
The insurance company will have a time period requirement that will establish at what point a former
smoker can be
classified as a non-
smoker.
Adolescents who reported smoking daily at any one wave were
classified as daily
smokers during adolescence.
The participants who reported that they smoked currently were
classified as current cigarette
smokers.