Thursday, January 29, 2009

Life Insurance - Before You Pay For a Policy

A life insurance policy is one of the most important decisions you make. Therefore, do well to make sure everything is in place before making a commitment. Remember the goal: to protect their loved ones if you pass on. You will not be if there is a claim for what you need to ask some questions ...

1. What are the exclusions of the policy and why it exists. If your policy covers everything, probably will not be able to pay for it. But then you also have to be sure that the things that are most important to you are well covered.

2. It is not at all clear? Is there anything that makes no sense? Make sure your agent to explain thoroughly before proceeding. Better yet, take the company to give a more detailed explanation of the clause clearly written. When they do, make sure your beneficiaries know that this document is.

This is often written in phrases that are difficult to understand for us mortals.

3. Simple as this may seem, some people may still lose: Make sure you are clear about when your policy expires. If yours, for example, is a term of 20 years of policy, note that your recipients will not receive a penny if you spend a day after the policy expires.

Why is this important?

It's because you might have in mind to ensure your family is not evicted because of mortgage defaults in the purchase of a term life policy. Therefore, do your best to ensure that your policy term slightly outlasts your mortgage term.

Again, if yours is a renewable term policy, it is necessary to ensure the expiration date is obvious. Some policies are not clear on this point.

4. Find out if your life is renewed. If so, is guaranteed renewal or if you need to re-qualify? If you need to renew their accreditation may be uninsurable, and therefore it is almost impossible to obtain life insurance coverage.

5. It is the policy of convertibility? If so, what are the conditions?

6. What exactly do beneficiaries obtain. How long your insurer has to meet a demand?

Remember, you are doing this for their loved ones and we certainly do not want to be exposed to untold hardships, as they just were not careful enough.

Finally, do your best to get the best price value. If you get a great guy, you can increase the coverage amount of what their loved ones better coverage for the same amount.

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