Term life insurance is a type of life insurance that insures the buyer a
specific term of their life only, once that term is expired; the buyer
has the option to renew the policy at an increased premium or to
purchase a new policy.
The term of an annual renewable term life insurance is one year, the
death benefit is payable to the beneficiary if the insured dies within
the one year period, there will be no compensation if the insured dies
even one day after the expiration of the policy.
The purchase of this type of policy is rare because a person who
purchased the policy will die in the period of one year is rare case
too. When a person contracts a terminal illness during the term but does
not die before the expiration, he will receive no compensation, but
because of the illness he will be considered as uninsurable and unable
to renew the policy.
So term life insurance policies has solution for this problem, they have
included a condition called re-insurability, which means that if this
feature is included in the buyer’s term life policy, the buyer will be
able to renew his insurance for as long as he wishes, without the
necessity of providing proof of insurability.
A
common type of term life insurance is called Annual Renewable Term; this
has the similarity as the one year term life insurance, and the policy
will be able to continue each year for a given period of time, from 10
years to 30 years or more. A person who purchased this type of policy
can renew the policy but at a higher premium, as long as he keeps on
paying premiums, the death benefit would still remain
A
person who has the interest to purchase this type of policy is advised
to find out the calculation of the increased premium each year, and
consider whether if the policy is suitable for him.