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Strawberries asked:


My grandfather and I are really close. He keeps telling me that he wants me to get a insurance policy on him which makes me feel bad, because I get the feeling there’s something else serious he is not telling me. If something happens to him I don’t want to be in a situation where I can’t afford to bury him & I know that that type of stuff is important to get taken care of. I have checked into it a little bit online, but from what I have read & been told….when someone is over the age of 65, life insurance companies will not let you get a term policy for someone that age. My grandfather is 69 years old and will be 70 yrs old this month. I really don’t have a whole lot of money to pay for whole life insurance & believe that I can only afford to get a term life insurance policy. The problems I think I am going to have is that he smokes & is 69 yrs old. Does anyone know of any good insurance companies that will let me get term life insurance on him being that he is already 69 and smokes?
His sight is going away naturally and he also had a incident several days ago where he couldn’t explain what happened really. He said he couldn’t get up at first and when he did he was wobbling and he was shaking. I don’t think he is telling me everything to be honest and believe that there is something more serious about his health that he may not want to tell me about. It’s kinda freaking me out though at this point because everytime we talk he is bringing up the topic of why I haven’t gotten any insurance on him yet and telling me that I need to go ahead and take care of that. If I can find a good company that will let me get term life without having to pay over $80 a month I can handle that…but I just can’t afford to pay out hundreds of dollars like I read some people have to do. Is my max budget per month not possible….or is this something that I’ll be able to find?

Rodney Sypolt

There are certain methods that help us shop cheap term insurance policies. The insurer has to calculate the coverage requirements and the family income. Websites offer a list of several life insurance companies and if a little research is done, it is possible to get the cheap life insurance.

To achieve this, it is essential to compare the quotes of as many companies as possible. The companies offer term calculators to determine the essential term of coverage needed which in turn depends upon the client’s age and income. This can be calculated to get the cheap term insurance quotes.

Term policies are the cheapest of all the types of insurance policies like universal and whole life policies. The increase in deductibles reduces the premium but for a term life insurance policy, the deductibles are of less importance.

Life insurance companies would prefer to select customers who are in excellent health since that would amount to living longer and the insurance companies have lesser chances of paying for the policy holders. Thus, the insurance companies use a classification system in which, persons with excellent health are termed as super- preferred and get lowest priced premium. These classes of people get the cheap term life insurance and there are many other types of classifications too.

The class that is held in low esteem in the eyes of the insurance companies is people who use tobacco products, have overweight, high cholesterol or high blood pressure, having a history of cancer, stroke, diabetes, heart ailments and other chronic diseases. People who have such diseases do not have a chance of getting cheap term life insurance. So, the client has to make efforts to get the cheap term life insurance and try to find out the company that offers the best benefits.

The lower the coverage on the policy, the cheaper the term life insurance will be on condition that the policy holder has an excellent health. So, while purchasing a cheap term life insurance, the customer has to realize the rate to be paid and see to it that it increases only minimally, when it is a larger sized death benefit.

While getting a cheap term life insurance, the agent can be asked to quote the next highest coverage amount and if the difference is negligible and then additional coverage can be preferred which will prove to be beneficial in the long run.

Also, to keep the term life insurance cheap, the premium can be paid annually rather than monthly, as this would amount to a considerable savings. Further still, if it is possible, the cheap term life insurance premium can be paid in full as a one- time payment whose savings would be a lot more.



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rjgiants75 asked:


Ok. Here’s my situation.
I recently submitted a request for term life and after sorting through the number of agents that called my house, I decided to go with an agent that works for one of there very strong A+ rated companies but also runs his own financial firm.
He came to my house and I answered questions and took blood tests,etc.
I received a letter from the insurance company that I had been accepted as standard+ due to information from my medical records . I guess something they found didn’t meet their underwriting requirements. By being in the standard+ class the monthly premiums are about $30-40 more a month.
I am a 32 year old in good health and weight. I am however on an anti-anxiety drug for panic attacks which I’ve had since high school.
My agent tells me he’s going to “shop the market”to see if any other companies will take me on in a better class. But he tells me he hasn’t gotten any calls.
Should I contact a company or independent broker and start all over?

Samuel Wannamaker

I Had 32 Characters To Work With asked:


I have no clue.

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Karly Vaccarezza