The premium is based
on the joint life expectancy of a couple, and because it pays nothing until both spouses die, the premium is significantly less expensive than buying separate policies for both people with the same total dollar amount in benefits.
Survivorship life insurance can be more affordable than two individual policies because rates are calculated based
on the joint life expectancy of the insured individuals.
Because the premium for survivorship insurance is based
on joint life expectancy, the cost is usually less (per thousand dollars of death benefit) than it would be for a policy covering either life alone — and significantly less expensive than buying two separate policies.
The premium is based
on the joint life expectancy of the couple.
Not exact matches
After all, as the chart below indicates (from Spending Flexibility and Safe Withdrawal Rates by Michael Finke, Wade Pfau, and Duncan Williams from the March 2012 issue of the Journal of Financial Planning, and based
on the Social Security Administration period
life table for 2007), the probability of a
joint life expectancy of 30 years for a 65 - year - old couple (to age 95) is already as low as 18 %.
Our wrongful death attorneys can calculate the accurate dollar amount to use for an insurance settlement based
on variables such as the
joint life expectancy of the couple.
On top of that, a
joint team of Harvard and Stanford researchers looked at data from the General Social Survey and the American Community Survey and found that stressful jobs might actually lower your
life expectancy.