When it comes to buying life insurance, it pays to be good, lean and healthy. Bad habits such as poor eating choices, an inactive lifestyle, smoking, flouting traffic rules, or a history of criminal offences can seriously inflate your life insurance rates. In contrast, turning over a new leaf can save you a fortune on life insurance. You can do this by adopting certain lifestyle changes for better health, by demonstrating that your DUIs are a thing of the past, and by proving that you’ve kicked the habit of smoking for at least a year, .
The underwriting process in life insurance will classify you in a particular rate class. A rate class is the price you have to pay for life insurance coverage, commonly known as premiums. Life insurance companies scrutinize your application, and look closely into the outcome of your physical exam, as well as into other supporting documents such as criminal offences, medical history, driving history, etc. Then taking your age and sex into consideration it brackets you into a certain rate class. Different life insurance companies have different names for their rate classes. However, the commonly used terms are Preferred Plus (the best rate only awarded to someone in excellent health, with no bad habits), Preferred, Standard and Substandard (for someone who has serious health conditions). Life insurance rates are cheapest for the Preferred Plus rate class, and increase for each lower rate class. That’s why qualifying for a better rate class can save you a lot of money. Continue reading ‘Changing Bad Habits Can Save You A Fortune On Life Insurance’ »