Have you considered getting a life insurance policy but you’re turned off by the idea of an insurance physical? When it comes to life insurance underwriting, there are two main components that the insurance company looks at.
The first is financial. They’ll either look at a loan, your net worth, or your income to determine how much death benefit you qualify for. Just as you cannot over insure a building for more than it’s worth, you can’t ensure a human being for more than they are worth.
The second component of life insurance underwriting is the medical component. This is where the insurance company will assess your risk from a medical standpoint. They’ll do a deep dive on your medical history and review questionnaires and often order medical records or an insurance physical.
However, with these new advancements in technology, a lot of companies are using algorithmic underwriting where you don’t necessarily need an insurance physical. Especially if you’re young and healthy. We’ve managed to foster a few relationships with insurance companies who offer an express or algorithmic underwriting process, which means that the insured doesn’t necessarily need an insurance physical if they meet the qualifications of these program.
How the process works is we fill out medical questions, send it to the insurance company. The underwriter determines whether or not they need an exam, and if they don’t need an exam, the policy is issued within a day or two. If they need an exam, then they go through the process. But the key is you might have that option where you don’t need an insurance physical.
One caveat to this process is sometimes the insurance company will still order medical records, which can take more time and still allow them to go through the express program without an insurance physical. The key is to save you time and headaches of having to schedule an insurance physical. Most companies allow this to happen between the ages of 18 and 60 and for up to $1 million of coverage.
So if you’re looking to get started with a life insurance policy, whether it’s term whole life or a specially designed whole life insurance policy designed for cash accumulation, this may be the solution for you without an insurance physical.
If you’d like to see if you qualify for this program, check out our website and schedule your free strategy session today at Tier1Capital.com. If you’d like to see exactly how our process works to put people in control of their cash flow, check out our webinar, The Four Steps to Financial Freedom, found right on our homepage.
And remember, it’s not how much money you make. It’s how much money you keep that really matters.
