Group Life insurance is policy that insures a group of people. Its a type of insurance in which a group of people are covered- if you are part of the group.

Group Life Insurance is often provided by employers as an employee benefit because it is an economical way for employers to provide a quality benefit that employees value. Employees can usually be insured without medical examination as a group of people under a master policy.

The amount of coverage can vary from $10,000 to $100,000. Coverage ceases at the age of 70. Upon the termination of employment, the insured employee may continue coverage through an individual term policy without evidence of insurability for as long as the insured person continues to pay premiums.

Full-time employees may purchase additional life insurance for themselves, their spouse and eligible dependent children and have premiums deducted from their paycheck.

Life Insurance Premiums

If you are over 50′s, there are affordable ways to prepare for the future.

With over 50s life insurance cover there is guaranteed acceptance- and in most cases there is no need for a medical check up. Its easy to find coverage as you can apply online to get a quote.

Can can choose the plan that you an afford and the coverage depends on the level of cover you want. Monthly payments are clear and premiums are always the same month to month, and are guaranteed never to rise once your plan starts.

It is one of the simplest ways to leave your family a guaranteed tax-free cash lump sum after you die to put towards funeral expenses and outstanding debts.

The key benefits in having a Life Cover for over 50′s:

1. No Medical or health questions
2. Monthly payments stay the same after you sign the policy
3. Guaranteed tax-free cash lump sum
4. All application will usually be processed within 71 hours
5. You have have peace of mind.

The internet has become a very popular way to purchase life insurance policies. Remember all state laws and regulations regarding selling insurance apply to the Internet and insurance-based Web sites. Do some research and make sure the company is authorized to do business. Call the Insurance Consumer hotline before signing any policy.

Most people prefer to buy life insurance through an agent or broker.

Agents represent one or more companies. The agents job, is commission based to sell your policies of the company they represent.

Brokers represent and work for you. You would describe to the broker the type of coverage you want and the amount you want to spend. The brokers job is to survey the market and bring back options for you to review. The broker also receives a commission of the sales they arrange.

It is very wise to choose your agent or broker carefully.. Choose some who is an established business person in your community. If you have concerns about an insurance provider contact the Insurance Consumer Hotline.

It is illegal for a stranger to take out an insurance policy on your life. The stranger has no insurable interest and could have an unhealthy desire to see you die sooner than nature intends, so that his can collect the death benefit.

A life insurance policy is like anything else, if you own it, you can sell it, even to a perfect stranger who has no conceivable insurable interest, who then becomes the policy owner and can then name himself as the beneficiary.

There are Viatical Insurance Buyers and Sellers of life insurance policies and they call themselves viatical settlement firms. The viatical firm buys insurance policies from people with terminal illnesses and sells them to investors.

Some basic questions to ask your agent to guide you through the process are:

• How much will this life insurance policy cost me each year
• How much is the Sales commissions
• How much am I charged for Administrative fees
• What is the future life insurance cash value
• How much will I pay for penalties for an early surrender of this life insurance policy
• When do the penalties stop for early surrender
• What is guaranteed in this life insurance policy
• Are interest rates declared monthly or annually
• How long should I plan to keep this life insurance policy
• Should I keep it for a few years or for decades

Take your time to decide before you sign any forms and talk to one other person in your family or a friend.

• Decide how much you need (the amount of death benefits)
• How long you want the life insurance to cover you (1, 5,10, 15, 20, or more years)
• Compare insurance premiums with other companies
• Find out if the insurance policy fees are built into the premiums
• Ask is the life insurance policy is renewable
• Find out if it is convertible to whole life insurance
• Ask if participating life insurance policies are available (potential for dividends)

You can purchase term life insurance from an insurance agent but some companies market term insurance through the mail, internet or TV.

This provision may be built into the policy or offered as a rider. It is intended to let you use death benefits to pay hospital or medical bills connected with terminal illness. It will require that you must have your “terminal illness” backed up by a doctors prediction that you will die within a set period of time. The amount of time will be specified in the policy. The policy may limit the dollar amount you can take out.

If you accelerate and use the death benefit, there will be less left in the policy for your family or other beneficiaries when you die.

Credit Life Insurance promises to pay your debt of the insured purchased item when you die. This Insurance is a decreasing term policy and the insurance premiums are usually added into the loan contact. This type of insurance is always optional, and it can be expensive. Your lender cannot require you buy credit life but it will be offered to you.

A Credit disability policy will make your payments if you become disabled and unable to work. This policy provides you with protection and peace of mind. The lender cannot require you buy this policy.

Although credit life and credit disability insurance may have similar features, they are not mortgage life insurance.

Always read the fine print and ask questions if something is not clear before you sign the documents.

Mortgage Life Insurance is sold by insurance companies. It is called mortgage insurance but it is really a decreasing term life insurance that will pay off your mortgage if you die. You buy mortgage life insurance to protect your survivors from having to pay the mortgage.

The premium is structured where the policy begins with a death benefit that is equal to your current mortgage balance. The death benefit decreases at the same rate as your mortgage balance. The premium payments never change but may stop prior to the loan payment. The lender may agree to add the premium payments to your monthly mortgage payment.