Not exact matches
Basically, someone with a terminal disease would sell his or her
life insurance policy at a discount
so they could have money to pay medical bills and what not and then when that individual
died, the buyer would cash in the full amount of the
policy.
Basically, someone with a terminal disease would sell his or her
life insurance policy at a discount
so they could have money to pay medical bills and what not and then when that individual
died, the buyer would cash in the full amount of the
policy.
That expiration date is one of the reasons term is the most affordable type of
life insurance: You're more likely to
die the older you get,
so if an
insurance company doesn't have to cover you while you're in your 70s and 80s — when you're more likely to pass away — it can offer cheaper
policies.
Because the chances of
dying from smoking - related causes is
so prevalent, many
life insurance companies in the U.S. charger higher rates to compensate them for the added risk of extending a
policy.
For many, a hybrid
policy is a great way to go because it covers
life insurance and long term care,
so either it pays out when you
die or when you need help with long term care costs.
For example, if the husband is required to pay support, he may also be required to obtain a
life insurance policy and name his spouse as irrevocable beneficiary of the
policy so that if he
dies, the spouse will have sufficient funds for his or her support.
You can make your children's future secure by buying a good
life insurance policy so that they can have money to pay their fees if you
die before the completion of their studies or to pay off their educational loans.
While
life insurance companies frequently do not request medical and financial records from applicants before issuing a
policy, they almost always do
so when the insured
dies within the contestability period.
You are correct about Texas being a community property state,
so if your sister owns a
life insurance policy and names you as the beneficiary, her husband could push to have half the benefit go to him when she
dies.
It's what keeps your
insurance policy active (or «in force»)
so the insurer will pay out if, in the case of
life insurance, you
die.
Since their growing family would be financially (and emotionally) devastated if Kim
died, Kim and Jim decide to buy her a 30 - year term
life insurance policy,
so that Jim will still have the financial means to raise their kids and send them off to college.
For this reason, she has a
life insurance policy that names her parents as trustees for the benefit of Joshua
so if Lynda were to
die, her parents could have the financial resources to provide Joshua with what he needs.
Having a
life insurance policy can replace a lost income and help safeguard your family's plans for the future
so that their dreams don't
die when you do.
Life insurance is priced on how likely you are to
die while a
policy is in effect,
so if you're older, ill, on certain meds, a smoker, etc. it's going to up your premium.
A joint
life insurance policy is a possibility, but it's not really the best option because of the expense (it's usually a permanent
policy,
so it costs more than term
life insurance) and it can get confusing when you get into the difference between first - to -
die and second - to -
die policies and what to do if there's a divorce.
That means that, before a company sells a
life insurance policy, they need to know the likelihood of an applicant
dying over the
life of the
policy so they can price the premiums accordingly.
If you're a grown child and your parents co-signed your student loans, they may take out a
life insurance policy on you
so they can cover that debt since it would transfer to them if you
died.
A 25 - year - old in good health likely won't need to spend more than $ 50 or $ 60 or
so a month to purchase a term
life insurance policy that would pay out $ 1 million if you were to
die in the next 25 years.
You know that will be difficult if you
die in the meantime and your income is lost,
so you buy a $ 200,000, 25 - year term
life insurance policy.
So, if there is anyone else in the world that depends on you financially, you would need to have a
life insurance policy in place that can not be canceled, that will last, and be IN FORCE when you
die whether that's tomorrow or 25 years from now.
Accidental death benefit
insurance is not usually included in a basic
life insurance policy,
so adding it to a standard
policy as a rider will likely result in a somewhat higher premium; however, it will pay double the amount of the regular death benefit if the insured
dies in an accident.
Rather than burden those who were
so willing to help you in a time of need with this debt if you
died, your
life insurance policy proceeds can be the best way to say thank you in the end by relieving them of any obligation to pay the loans back on their own.
So, for example, if the death benefit of a
life insurance policy that is owned by the insured has a death benefit of $ 500,000, then this amount will be included in the person's overall estate value when he or she
dies.
You can use certain strategies
so that to pull out funds from your variable universal
life insurance policy before you
die.
So, in plain English, let's define permanent as a
life insurance policy that goes on until you
die.
However, with term
life insurance, the
policy may expire before the insured person
dies so there is a chance the company will retain all premiums.
For many, a hybrid
policy is a great way to go because it covers
life insurance and long term care,
so either it pays out when you
die or when you need help with long term care costs.
Term
life is a very statistically informed bet by the
insurance company that with a large enough group of clients, enough people will either outlive or cancel their
policy before
dying so that the
insurance company overall makes money, even if they need to pay out a low percentage of claims.
In general, this type of
insurance pays only if you die during the term of the policy, so the rate per thousand of death benefit is lower than for Whole Life or Permanent Life I
insurance pays only if you
die during the term of the
policy,
so the rate per thousand of death benefit is lower than for Whole
Life or Permanent
Life InsuranceInsurance.
So if you purchase a 20 - year term, $ 250,000
life insurance policy, and you
die five years later, your beneficiaries would receive the $ 250,000.
So the good news here, in the context of your original question, is that
dying with a
life insurance policy with a loan does not create an income tax issue, because the loan is implicitly repaid from the tax - free death benefit of the
insurance policy itself.
It's not all bad news because with most guaranteed accepted
life insurance policies, the best final expense and burial
insurance companies will generally have a
policy whereby: Should the insured
die from natural causes during the graded death benefit, most if not all of the paid premiums will be returned to the insured beneficiaries
so it will be as though the insured didn't actually lose money by purchasing the
policy and
dying too soon!
A permanent
life insurance policy can be used to: 1) Reduce estate taxes: The amount of premiums are deducted from your estate to reduce annual taxes, and 2) Cover estate taxes: Immediate tax free cash becomes available when you
die so your beneficiaries can pay for both federal and state estate taxes without having to liquidate assets.
So, if you
die as a result of an accident, your beneficiary would receive the death benefit from your term
life insurance policy, as long as:
So, in simple terms, a
life insurance policy protects a person from two risks —
dying too young and
living too long.
The reason why accidental death
life insurance is
so cheap is because there's very little likelihood that you'll actually
die in a way that's covered by the
policy.
NOTE: Some
life insurance policies may apply exclusions for certain high risk activities,
so if you
died as a result of those excluded activities, there would not be a death benefit paid out on your
life insurance policy.
Mortgage
life insurance is a
life insurance policy that one would take out on themselves or another person involved in a mortgage take out on a home or business
so that if they should
die the mortgage can be paid off.
So if you are twenty years old and take out a 20 year term
life insurance policy, the
insurance company knows what the exact % chance is that a person who more or less fits your description will
die in the next 20 years.
Somewhere in that
life insurance policy must be something written
so small and obscurely that it can never be found by a mere human that excludes my family from being paid no matter how I
die.
So for example, if you have a $ 300,000
life insurance policy, and you've been paying the expensive premiums of a whole
life policy (which can be at least 5 times as expensive each month compared to a term
policy) for years and years to accrue cash value, but then you
die, your heirs only receive the $ 300,000 and the
insurance company keeps the cash value you've built up.