Term Life Insurance Quotes

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 26 May 2010

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One needs to search for term life insurance quotes to know about different life policies offered by premium term life insurance companies. This can efficiently be done through online searching, as there are a lot of term life insurance companies who are providing very attractive coverages.

At the time of searching for any term insurance quote, one needs to consider some issues relating to the time the person would get his his cent percent premium back at the end of the policy and the method by which he could double the present coverage.

Type of a standard life insurance quote:
Any standard Term Life Insurance quote is for 10, 20, even 30 years.

Term life insurance quotation form inputs

When searching for any online term life insurance quote, one needs to fill up an online form. The common items of any online term life insurance quotation form includes:

  • Name
  • Residential address(including First name, Last name, phone no, email address etc)
  • Gender (one needs to mention from two options Male or Female)
  • Date of birth ( generally in DD-MM-YY format)
  • Height (in Ft-inch.)
  • Weight
  • Tobacco or Nicotine Use (one needs to mention the frequency of addiction if addicted)
  • Quote information rating class(here user needs to select the type of coverage from the preferred plus, preferred standard plus or standard coverage amount)
  • Length of coverage( one have to choose from the options of 15, 20, 25, 30 yrs.)
  • Premium payment mode ( users have to choose one from the four, namely, Annual Semi-Annual Quarterly and Monthly)
  • Amount of Life Insurance Coverage
  • For whom the policy is made(the option are:Myself, spouse, parent, child, other)

    Beside these common types of information, the form also needs information like:

  • Whether one has ever been treated for any of the diseases like Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Asthma, Immune System Disorders, Depression/Anxiety, Heart Disease, Drug/Alcohol Abuse, Epilepsy, or similar health conditions or
  • Whether any of his close family members (parents or siblings) had cancer, heart disease, stroke or an aneurysm prior to the age of 60 or whether the person had ever been convicted of a DUI (Driving Under Influence of any sort of drug) etc.

The truth:
Whether one is having an existing mortgage or one determines to purchase a new apartment, a basic Term life insurance policy can protect him in a much better way than any "Mortgage" Term life insurance policy. Term life insurance can be treated as the original form of life insurance and can be considered as a pure insurance protection because it builds no cash value. This is in contrast to permanent life insurance such as whole life, universal life, and variable universal life.

Advice by experts:
If one compares the quotes between straight term life insurance and traditional mortgage life insurance, it is noticed that he will get a better price benefit with the straight term life insurance.

Difference

Basic differences between the two are:

A mortgage life insurance policy normally has one single purpose.

Term life insurance policy is comparatively less expensive than mortgage life insurance.

As far as the cost is concerned, any male person between 30 to 40 yrs. could get a $250,000 policy for less than $30 per month, whereas a female of the same age group could get the same policy for under $25 per month.

Statistical report

One statistical report as given by the NAIC declares that the 'lenders' of a Mortgage life insurance policy pay out only about 40% of what one normally pays in. Unlike a Term life policy which pays out 90% of what one normally pays in.

Getting term life insurance coverage information:

Term life insurance information is best obtained online, as it is instant and cheap. Not only this, one does not need to plan a time to meet the providing agent to discuss about short term life insurance quotes and this can normally be done with almost no or very low fees.

Rules

While choosing a good term life insurance quote, one must know the rules of term life insurance. The term life insurance normally offers coverage for a limited period of time and after that period, the insured person can drop the policy or he can pay annually increasing premiums to continue the coverage. During the term, if the insured person dies, the death benefit is generally paid to the beneficiary.

Working principle of term insurance

It normally works in the same manner as most other insurance policies. It fulfills claims against what is insured if the premiums are up to date and the contract has not expired.

Types of Term Life Quotes

A term life quote would depend to the greatest extent on the type of life insurance. These may be:

  • Annual renewable policy: With such a plan, your policy can be renewed every year up to a specific age limit. However, the insurance company holds the right to modify the premium at every renewal. Since the probability of death increases with age, so the premium also rises as you grow older.
  • Renewable policy: With such a feature, one can buy insurance cover for, say, 20 years. At the end of the tenure, you can renew the insurance policy for another 20 years. However, insurance companies can hike premium rates to cover increased risk factors.
  • Level term life insurance: This policy allows you to fix the policy premium for the entire period, say 10 or 20 years. The insurance company will charge you an average premium rate over the entire period, so that the cost of cover does not rise with time.
  • Convertible policy: The convertibility factor of term life insurance allows the policyholder to convert the policy into some other policy issued by the insurer.
  • Accidental death insurance: An individual can buy an accidental death insurance cover along with term life insurance. It provides financial assistance to the beneficiaries in case of the death of the policyholder.

However, an individual should remember that term life insurance does not provide permanent life cover. It ceases to exist after the policy tenure ends or due to the non-payment of policy premiums.

How to Find Term Insurance Quotes

An individual can contact an insurance agent or a broker to get term insurance quotes. Of late, the Internet has emerged as a favorite tool for consumers to get quotes and compare insurance policies from different service providers. An insurance company will consider the following points for calculating term life quotes:

  • Type of policy
  • Duration of the term for the cover
  • Age of the insurance seeker
  • Personal and family medical history
  • Smoking habit
  • Additional riders one opts to buy

However, comparison should not be based on policy pricing only. One should consider the credibility and claims settlement history of the insurance company as well.


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