If you qualify, you can have immediate protection or graded protection. On a typical policy, and as long as the required premium is paid on a timely basis, the insurance company cannot cancel the policy, cannot reduce your benefits and cannot increase your premium, regardless of the level of benefit approved. Immediate protection means exactly what it says, namely, the entire benefit is paid on day one if the insured dies.  But, what if you do not qualify for immediate protection? For most individuals who do not qualify for immediate coverage, there is an alternative. You may qualify for a policy that provides GRADED BENEFITS. Under GRADED BENEFIT the policy will pay a fraction of the death benefit if the insured dies within the first year from the policy issue date (for instance, return of premium plus 5%); a greater fraction of the death benefit is paid if the insured dies on the second year of the policy(for instance, the greater of return of premium plus 10%, or 50% of the face amount); and, then, on year 3 and thereafter, 100% of the death benefit is paid. There are other variations of this formula, but not too different.

How do you know if you qualify for  LEVEL (immediate) BENEFIT, or for GRADED BENEFIT? A typical SIMPLIFIED ISSUE LIFE INSURANCE policy contains a one-page (usually) questionnaire with health-related questions. It has either two parts of three parts. If you answer “NO” to any of the questions on the first part you will not qualify for any benefits under the policy. As an example of what the questions in part one are:

• Do you use a wheelchair, other than for a temporary impairment expected to last less than 2 months?
• Do you receive assistance with daily activities such as taking medications, bathing, dressing, eating or toileting? Home health care or hospice care?
• In the past 5 years – have you been diagnosed with, or received treatment for an organ or tissue transplant, Alzhemire’s disease, dementia, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
• Have you tested positive to HIV, or been diagnosed with having ARC or AIDS caused by the HIV infection, or other sickness or disease derived from such infection?
• In the last 12 months – have you used oxygen to assist with breathing? Received kidney dialysis?

If you answered “NO” to all of the above (typical) questions (they vary from insurance company to insurance company), then you will move to Part 2 and sometimes Part 3, which will determine if  you are eligible for LEVEL BENEFIT or GRADED BENEFIT.

At present, SIMPLIFIED ISSUE LIFE INSURANCE (sometimes referred to as “final expense insurance“) is issued up to age 85 and in amounts ranging from $2,000 to $75,000.

We hope that this post has been helpful to you.  If you have any questions, would like a life insurance quote, or would like to initiate the process of filing a life insurance application with one of the insurance companies that offer SIMPLIFIED ISSUE LIFE INSURANCE, please, e-mail us at info@insuranceglobe.net , or call us at either of these numbers:

• 888-950-8376           
• 786-353-2528
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Whole life insurance gives you a guaranteed death benefit for life along with guaranteed premiums and guaranteed death benefit.

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A Return of Premium Rider (ROP) is available on some term insurance policies.  This rider returns the sum of all annual premium paid(including base policy fee and ROP rider premium) at the end of the initial term period, provided the policy owner is still living and the policy remains in force. If the policy is surrendered before the end of the initial term period, less than 100 % of the premium will be returned.  The longer you wait the higher percentage you will get back.  Adding the return of premium rider will increase the overall cost of the policy.

To determine if the additional cost is worth it, you need figure out what you would earn if you invested the difference.  To make a fair comparison, you need to compare this with other guaranteed investments such as fixed annuities or CD’s, because the return on a return of premium policy is also guaranteed.  However, if you are an aggressive investor you can use a hypothetical rate of return for your analysis, assuming you would invest the difference in a non-guaranteed vehicle.

Keep in mind that if the policy owner dies at any time during the term period, simply buying traditional term coverage and investing the difference will always provide the greatest return, because the policy owner’s estate would receive the death benefit and can also distribute the invested cash.

One of the most common reasons people buy life insurance is for income replacement.  PacLife has a handy insurance calculator that you can use as a guide http://www.pacificlife.com/Channel/Educational+Information/Calculators/How+much+life+insurance+do+I+need.htm

Life insurance is nothing more than a contract with an insurance company that promises to pay a specified amount of money to your designated beneficiaries upon your death.  In exchange, you agree to make periodic payments to the insurance company called premiums.  How much your premiums will be depend on several factors such as your age, gender, smoking status, height and weight, health, lifestyle and the amount of life insurance.

You can get a preliminary quote by filling out our quote request form.

There is also a version of term life insurance that will return one hundred percent of premiums paid to the owner, if the insured is still alive at the end of the term period.  This is called return of premium term life insurance.  Return of premium term life insurance is typically available for 10, 15, 20 or 30 yrs.

We can help you determine what rate you will qualify for and answer any questions you have about the carriers strength and what plan may be best for you.  Just give us a call and we will answer you questions right over the phone in minutes at no charge to you.

These are just some of the questions that you need to be thinking about when shopping for life insurance.  To get started you can take a guess at what your health class will be to get an idea of what the prices will look like for you.  Then you can use our health analyzer, to see what health class you qualify for.  If you have any questions you can always call us at 1-888-950-Term and speak with one of our representatives.

We make it easier than ever to find affordable, low cost, or cheap term life insurance.  With all of the best term life insurance quotes on our website, your online search can stop at InsuranceGlobe.net.

Insurance Globe is an independent insurance agency, therefore we are unbiased and will always do our best to provide you with the best coverage available.  If you prefer to speak with someone that can answer any questions you may have, you can reach us at 1-888-950-TERM.  You can also email us at info@insuranceglobe.net.