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Term insurance comes in two basic varieties: level term and decreasing term. These days, almost everyone buys level term insurance. The terms “level” and “decreasing” refer to the death benefit amount during the term of the policy. A level term policy pays the same benefit amount if death occurs at any point during the term. Common types of level term are: * yearly (or annually) renewable term Yearly renewable term, once popular, is no longer a top seller. The most popular type is now 20-year term. Most companies will not sell term insurance to an applicant for a term that ends past his or her 80th birthday. If a policy is “renewable,” that means it continues in force for an additional term or terms, up to a specified age, even if the health of the insured (or other factors) would cause him or her to be rejected if he or she applied for a new life insurance policy. Generally, the premium for the policy is based on the insured person’s age and health at the policy’s start, and the premium remains the same (level) for the length of the term. So, premiums for 5-year renewable term can be level for 5 years, then to a new rate reflecting the new age of the insured, and so on every five years. Some longer term policies will guarantee that the premium will not increase during the term; others don’t make that guarantee, enabling the insurance company to raise the rate during the policy’s term. Some term policies are convertible. This means that the policy’s owner has the right to change it into a permanent type of life insurance without additional evidence of insurability. Return of Premium In most types of term insurance, including homeowners and auto insurance, if you haven’t had a claim under the policy by the time it expires, you get no refund of the premium. Your premium bought the protection that you had but didn’t need, and you’ve received fair value. Some term life insurance consumers have been unhappy at this outcome, so some insurers have created term life with a “return of premium” feature. The premiums for the insurance with this feature are often significantly higher than for policies without it, and they generally require that you keep the policy in force to its term or else you forfeit the return of premium benefit. Some policies will return the base premium but not the extra premium (for the return benefit), and others will return both. Article by: Insurance Information Institute Tags: term insurance policies term life insurance policies term life insurance policy long term care insurance policy term insurance policy short term insurance policy short term health insurance policy long term insurance policy short term medical insurance policy long term disability insurance policy level term life insurance policy short term disability insurance policy what is a term life insurance policy group term life insurance policy short term life insurance policy insurance policy terms qualified long term care insurance policy life insurance policy terms long term care insurance policies long term disability insurance policies term life policies term life policy term insurance quotes term insurance quote term life insurance life insurance policies term insurance online term insurance term life insurance companies best term life insurance mortgage term insurance term insurance companies term life insurance company term quotes individual insurance policies hartford insurance group insurance policies selling insurance policies term quote whole life insurance policies term insurance rate term premium insurance quotes universal life insurance policies disability insurance policies underwriting insurance life insurance mortgage insurance policies medical insurance cash value insurance policies insurance companies accident insurance policies axa insurance death insurance policies term insurance benefit premium insurance term life companies policies term premiums broker insurance term group term whole life term policy insurance quote term insurance sales investment policies financial policies universal term universal life term term insurance rating permanent term general insurance insurance agent group insurance whole term term insurance in india insurance claims financial term insurance policy insurance agents life policies insurance financial services insurance risk term rates agency insurance policy policies claim insurance industry policies policies in india glossary term insurance benefits insurance coverage insurance plans financial insurance |
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