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Chapter 17 Life Insurance Contractual Provisions

A GENDA Three parties of life insurance contract Ownership Clause Life Insurance Contractual Provisions Additional Life Insurance Benefits

T HREE P ARTIES OF L IFE I NSURANCE C ONTRACT Insured Beneficiary Owner

 One person may be both insured and owner, or owner and beneficiary but a person cannot be both insured and beneficiary. Example: You buy life insurance for yourself(both owner and insured are one person). You buy a life insurance for your husband/wife (both owner and beneficiary are one person). If you are insured and anything happens to you, you can not be the beneficiary of your own life insurance ( beneficiary and insured can no be the same person).

L IFE I NSURANCE C ONTRACTUAL P ROVISIONS Under the ownership clause, the policyowner(owner) possesses all contractual rights in the policy while the insured is living. Rights include naming beneficiaries and surrendering the policy for its cash value. The policyholder(insured) can designate a new owner by filing an appropriate form.

R EVOCABLE B ENEFICIARY V S. I RREVOCABLE B ENEFICIARY Revocable Beneficiary If the owner has the right to change the beneficiary after the first choice.The revocable beneficiary has no rights in the policy while the insured in alive. Irrevocable Beneficiary If the owner can not change the name of beneficiary. The irrevocable beneficiary has a vested interest in the death benefit and can prevent the owner from taking any action reducing the beneficiary’s interest.

B ENEFICIARY D ESIGNATION  Owner’s of a policy should identify the beneficiary clearly.  A designation such as “my wife” or “my children” can lead to litigation in cases of multiple marriages, children born of different marriages, or illegitimate children.  “my wife, Marie Antoinette,” or, “all the children born of my marriage to Marie Antoinette, share and share alike.”

 Primary and contingent beneficiaries If the first beneficiary predeceases the insured the second, third, etc. are entitled to receive the death benefit. Example of beneficiary designation “ Proceeds to my wife ( Cathy T.Gate). If my wife predeceases me, then to my children(Tom, Dick, and Harry Grate) – share and share alike.If both my wife and my children predecease me, then to American Red Cross.”

 The insurers can use the court system to resolve legal issues when there is frequent beneficiary changes or unclear beneficiary designations. This is called “interpleader”. Example: Cases of ambiguity such as terrorist attack of September 11,2001, or Hurricane Katrina where the order of death, or even the fact of death of a missing person might arise.

C ONTRACTUAL P ROVISIONS IN L IFE I NSURANCE  The law requires that approved policies satisfy at least the minimum provisions of the law. The format and wording of life insurance policies sold in New York by different insurers may differ from one another. However, the following provisions appear in life insurance contracts issued in New York:  1- Entire-contract provision  2- Incontestable clause  3- Suicide clause  4- Grace period  5- Reinstatement clause  6- Misstatement-of–age provision

ENTRIE-CONTRACT PROVISION The entire-contract clause states that the life insurance policy and attached application constitute the entire contract between the parties. Prevents the insurer from making amendments without the policyholder’s knowledge

INCONTESTABLE CLAUSE The incontestable clause states that the insurer has right to contest only for 2 years after the policy issued. The insurer has two years to detect fraud. The insurer cannot contest the contract after 2 years and must pay the death claim regardless of misrepresentation. Protects the beneficiary if the insurer tries to deny payment of the claim years after the policy was first issued.

S UICIDE CLAUSE The suicide clause states that if the insured commits suicide within two years after the policy is issued, the insurer pays only a refund of the premiums paid. If the insure commits suicide after 2 years, the insurer pays the death benefit in full amount.

Rod committed suicide FIVE years after purchasing a $200,000 life insurance policy. His insurer must pay: a. $200,000. b. $200,000 less the premiums paid for the coverage. c. a refund of the premiums paid. d. nothing. Answer : a

G RACE P ERIOD  If the insured forgets to pay the premium or decides to end the contract, the grace period provides him or her a period of 31 days to pay the premium without forfeiting any contractual rights.  If the insured dies during the grace period, the insurer will pay the proceeds, minus the overdue to the beneficiary.  If the policyholder dose not pay the premium before the end of the 31 days provided by the grace period, the policy is said to have lapsed.  If the insured dies after the grace period, the insurer will pay nothing because the policy is already lapsed.

Darla Jenkins purchased a $150,000 individual Whole Life Policy January 1, 2004 and paid initial annual premiums of $1,000. After her policy is issued Darla becomes interested in hang gliding and dies in a hang gliding accident on January 15, 2005, without paying her annual premium. What will the insurer pay to her beneficiary? a. $149,000. b. $150,000 c. zero, since she died hang gliding. d. zero, since she did not pay her premium. Answer : a

 What is a lapsed policy? In a lapsed policy the insured voluntarily has given up the life insurance contract

R EINSTATEMENT PROVISION The reinstatement provision permits the owner to reinstate a lapsed policy. To reinstate a lapsed policy, the following requirements must be met: Evidence of insurability is required( medical check-up) All overdue premiums plus interest are paid Any policy loans are repaid or reinstated The policy was not surrendered for its cash value( if you decide to cancel the contract at any time again, the insurer does not pay back premium payments plus interest because you were not a loyal customer) Reinstating is cheaper or buying a new policy? Although it may require a large outlay of cash, it may be cheaper to reinstate a lapsed policy rather than to purchase a new policy.

M ISSTATEMENT - OF - AGE P ROVISION  Age is a key factor in underwriting and pricing the insurance.  Misstatement of age either intentionally or by mistake, causes rating errors.  Misstatement-of-age provision allows the insurer to adjust the face amount of insurance to reflect the insured’s true age.  If your insurer discovered that you misstated about your age, the insurer can not void the contract but the insurer changes the premium based on your true age.  Understate the age you stated in the contract is less than your true age( e.g real age=34; stated age in the contract= 30 )  Overstate the age you stated in the contract is more than your true age ( e.g real age=29; stated age in the contract=31 )

If the insured understated his age and the error is discovered after the insured’s death, the insurance company will: a. refuse to pay the death claim. b. refund all past premiums paid with any accumulated interest. c. pay the face amount of the policy but subtracted the amount of the premiums which are underpaid (should have paid more). d. pay the amount the premium would have purchases at the correct age. Answer : c. because if you were younger than your real age you would have paid less premiums but if fact you have to pay more premiums and the insurer if detects the age misstatement they deduct the overdue premiums from the death benefit and pay the remaining.

A DDITIONAL L IFE I NSURANCE B ENEFITS Other benefits can be added to a life insurance policy for an additional premium. Under a waiver-of-premium provision, if the insured becomes totally disabled, all premiums coming due during the period of disability are waived.

A DDITIONAL L IFE I NSURANCE B ENEFITS The accidental death benefit rider doubles the face amount of life insurance if death occurs as a result of an accident. The accelerated death benefit rider allows the insured who is terminally ill to collect part or all of their life insurance benefit before he die.