It is a simple case of demand and supply. While the demand for term life insurance may be high, the number of companies offering term life insurance policies is much more. The chances that a person might kick the bucket while being covered by term life insurance is quite less. Renewal of the policies is something that people generally go in for since no one wants to leave a lot of medical bills when they die. Apart from this the insurance companies do not have to make allowances for cash management. This is because there is no cash to be given to the policy holder if he is still alive at the end of the term.
No wonder that insurance providers consider this to be their cash cow. Hence term life commercials make up the bulk of insurance commercials aired during on television during day time. The benefits offered range from no checks on the information provided, no medical exams to no probability of being turned down for a policy. And they do manage to get a good piece of the ‘want to be insured’ market. A word of caution here – make sure that the deal that you are getting from your insurer is indeed the best deal!
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