The most extreme options are to cancel the policy entirely, raise premiums to compensate for
the poor health of the insured, or refuse to pay out the benefits in part or whole.
Not exact matches
Naturally, a policy buyer would prefer the
insured to be elderly, in
poor health, with a policy that has low cash value and a high death benefit, because all
of these factors might increase the buyer's yield - to - maturity on the policy when you die.
This is because the applicants for no exam life insurance are usually in
poorer health — meaning that the life insurance company is taking on more
of a risk with these particular
insureds.
Typically, this clause is invoked only if the
health of the
insured deteriorates significantly during the term, and
poor health would prevent the individual from being able to provide proof
of insurability.
If the applicant is in
poor health, or they are considered too much
of a risk to
insure based on their lifestyle, there is a chance that they will be declined by the life insurance provider.
If you're in
poor health or you have several pre-existing conditions, the insurance company could decline your application because you're too high
of a risk to
insure.
Individuals with pre-existing
health conditions or
poor habits like tobacco use tend to have significantly lower life expectancies than their healthy counterparts, increasing their likelihood
of early death and making them comparatively expensive to
insure.
Life insurance providers will see a sign
of poor health, as a risk on
insuring that person and in some cases will not cover them.
Typically this clause is invoked only if the
health of the
insured deteriorates significantly during the term, and
poor health would prevent them from being able to provide proof
of insurability