Buying Life Insurance Online

Reader’s Question:

Will I be able to buy a life insurance policy online when I’m not in good health condition?

Lauren

Tulsa, OK

When you want to invest in life insurance, being in good health condition can help you acquire a lower premium than being otherwise. This is because a person with bad health condition is likely to pose a risk factor of dying sooner. Examples of these conditions are heart diseases and high blood pressure or cholesterol level. When a person is considered as smoker, the life insurance company may see him/her as having a high-risked factor because of smoke-related diseases.

If the medical examination shows that you have a bad health condition, the life insurance company may still offer a standard premium but relatively higher than originally quoted before the medical examination. The life insurance company will send a letter that explains why you are placed in a certain category, which apparently affects your life insurance premium. If you are not happy with the category you were placed in and like to lower your premiums, you can check the result with your doctor. Depending on your health condition result, the doctor may give instructions that can help you better your condition. Ensure that you follow your doctor’s instruction and monitor the progress. After a few months, you can go back to your life insurance company to let them know that you are trying to improve your health condition so that the company may then offer a lower life insurance premium.

No Exam Term Life Insurance Online

Reader’s Question:

I feel quite resentful sometimes when after so much discussion, sales people say that I can’t get a certain service because I live in Alaska. You better tell me right away then, is no medical term life insurance available for people in Anchorage? Should I even bother?

Ian

Anchorage Alaska AK

Hi there Ian. I can feel your pain from where I sit! I can see how it could really be frustrating. The good news is, no medical life insurance is available to people in the US, including you residents of Alaska .

In fact, online term life insurance uses the internet as a medium precisely so that it can be made available to people who live far from the actual locations of the insurance companies. Distance should not be a factor. How this actually works, Ian, is that you can access information online about what types of life insurance coverage is available and at what price by giving preliminary information. Enter your zip code on the forms on this page and you can get free online quotes from insurers. Once you’ve selected the life insurance coverage and the insurance provider, your local insurance agent will probably make contact with you to finalize your contract. You don’t even have to take a medical exam anymore, these days. You just need to be forthright about any medical conditions you may have so that your insurer can also inform you accordingly about the limitations to their coverage as well as the appropriate price of premiums they would need from you.

Well, get on then, key in your zip code so you can start searching for the best no medical life insurance policy you can get.