What About The Life Insurance Policy YOU Have Now?

If you are thinking about dropping a life insurance policy, here are some things you should consider:

If you decide to replace your policy, don’t cancel your old policy until you have received the new one. You then have a minimum period to review your new policy and decide if it is what you wanted.

It may be costly to replace a policy. Much of what you paid in the early years of the policy you have now paid for the company’s cost of selling and issuing the policy.

You may pay this type of cost again if you buy a new policy.

Ask your tax advisor if dropping your policy could affect your income taxes.

If you are older or your health has changed, premiums for the new policy will often be higher. You will not be able to buy a new policy if you are not insurable.

You may have valuable rights and benefits in the policy you now have that are not in the new one.

If the policy you have now no longer meets your needs, you may have to replace it. You might be able to change your policy or add to it to get the coverage or benefits you now want.

At least in the beginning, a policy may pay no benefits for some causes of death covered in the policy you have now.

Barbara Fausnight