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Saturday 28 March 2008

Sowtoday, Life Insurance Cover ? Fat Chance

Sowtoday, Life Insurance Cover ? Fat Chance

The Government predicts that by 2025, obesity rates in children will be a frightening statistic. It is thought that around 33% of girls and 25% of boys will be clinically obese. This means overweight to the extent that their health will be likely to suffer.

The rate at which UK children are getting fat is the worst in the world. There are experts that believe that the UK will top the tables as the most obese country, overtaking the USA.

Obesity and conditions related to this condition are costing the country ?4billion in working days lost. Disability pay and lost tax payments through being unable to work are believed to be costing up to ?20billion per annum.

Obese people are likely to visit the GP?s surgeries and hospital clinic?s more frequently than average weight patients and there is an increased need for treatment. With the National Health Service?s cost for these ?obesity? patients estimated to be at ?15billion per year, it?s a worrying thought that these costs will spiral as the younger generation figures come into play.

Naturally, insurance companies are showing a lot of concern about these predictions. Many of them now ask specifically for the weight of the applicant on the day that they fill in the form. Asking how heavy you were when last weighed is not quite the same thing. It?s easy to get ?weight amnesia? and omit a few pounds ???or more. If the answer is not to the insurer?s liking the premium could rise significantly, or you may even be refused cover.

We have some figures from one of the main insurer?s. Take, for example, a man in good health and aged 40 and applying for 20 years life insurance worth ?100,000. If he?s Mr Average, he?ll weigh around 12 stone and be 5ft 10ins tall. Now consider the same person but put his weight at 18 stone. Still in good health, but the premium for his life insurance would rise by over 50%. If a medical was insisted on and he was found to have one or two problems which would be quite usual for a person of his age and weight, then either the premiums would be considerably higher or he would be refused cover.

In the case of critical illness insurance, it?s unlikely that this same person would get any cover at all. Certainly there would be a refusal if the result of a medical showed any weight-related complications, such as high blood pressure or raised cholesterol.

Women weighing over 16 stone are likely to have similar problems when it comes to insurance, and the extra cost of insurance at this weight, as opposed to ?normal? weight, would be an additional 33%. Again, if in ill health or weighing very much more than this, then the ability to get cover would be doubtful.

These facts present major problems for both sexes as, due to health problems, life insurance becomes an important issue.

So what you can do to change the situation?

Life insurance in particular is extremely important. If you have a problem in organising life insurance due to obesity and possibly ill health due to the condition, then you?ll need a good broker to help you to find the right company to help you. It might be expensive, but remember if you take the cover that you need now, if there is an improvement in your position at a later date and your weight has fallen, it will be possible to switch to a more reasonably priced policy.

Adjustments to your lifestyle and diet will certainly lower your premiums for life, critical illness and probably travel insurance too.

Although obese people are entitled to NHS treatment, a great many people claim that it is denied. There has been a recent survey of 70,000 hospital doctors in which it is reported that almost 50% said that patients should not be given replacement hip operations or similar. The use of free anti-obesity drugs, which you would imagine would be desirable, was challenged by a third of the doctors.

The attitude of some GP?s is not helpful. Quite often the message is that you?re overweight and it?s time to do something about it, without any real help being offered. It also has to be said that some GP?s offer real help and for patient?s lucky enough to be under their care, they will offer a lot of encouragement, but it?s a combined effort!

There are lots of slimming clubs offering you the chance to slim in the company of others with similar problems and they certainly seem to be extremely successful with some of their members. Some of these clubs combine exercise with diet and certainly exercise plays a large part in becoming fit and healthy.

Whilst some people find that a regime of diet and exercise, combined with a very large helping of will power and determination, will get them to their optimum weight for their age and height, others have taken more extreme action.

An operation called a gastric bypass, which costs the NHS around ?12,000 per patient, is possible. It?s not to be undertaken lightly and not without risks to the patient but for those who have undergone, or are about to undergo, the 5 hour operation, be assured that the results are amazing. This may sound extremely expensive, but treatment for an obesity-related illness such as diabetes could well cost more than this in just one year. We heard recently of one lady whose weight had reduced by 12 stone, from her heaviest, as a result of her operation. The ?before and after? photographs are truly amazing and she?s well on her way to a normal weight and wonderful new lifestyle.

Once down to an acceptable weight, insurance companies are more than happy to take you on, so don?t delay in arranging some cover in the meantime. Remember, the more you lose, the more you?ll gain in premium savings.

Log on to the Internet to find an on-line broker, who?ll contact insurance companies offering specialist help for you.

Michael has worked in financial srrvices for over 15 years at Director level. He also writes articles for a number of UK based financial web sites.Get great articles on life insurance from life insurance shop

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Saturday 08 February 2008

Sowtoday, Life Insurance Rate Quote ? How Yours Will Be Determined

Sowtoday, Life Insurance Rate Quote ? How Yours Will Be Determined

In order to get a life insurance rate quote, you must first determine what kind of life insurance policy you want to purchase. There are two basic kinds of life insurance policies ? term life insurance policies, and whole life insurance policies.

Term life insurance policies offer life insurance coverage for a ?term.? This means, your life insurance coverage will last for a certain period of time. Most term life insurance policies offer coverage anywhere from five to thirty years. How long your term life insurance policy lasts is up to you. Term life insurance policies appeal to people because of the lower life insurance rate quote. Term life insurance policies are usually less expensive than whole life insurance policies, because term life insurance policies don?t offer, or require, the components that whole life insurance policies do. When you purchase a term life insurance policy, you?re purchasing pure life insurance.

In contrast to term life insurance policies, whole life insurance policies offer life insurance coverage for the rest of your life. They also provide a required savings component along with the whole life insurance policy. Some people are attracted to this savings component because it allows the whole life insurance policy to accumulate a cash value. The policyholders can use that cash value in certain times, such as times of financial stress, or times when they want to put the accumulated cash toward their policy premiums.

When you begin your search for a life insurance rate quote, take note that your life insurance rate quote will most likely reflect the type of life insurance policy you decide to purchase. You?ll usually pay less for a term life insurance policy, and get simply the life insurance coverage you want. You?ll usually pay more for a whole life insurance policy, but get extras you might need. Consider the life insurance rate quote based on the coverage, and extras, you want with your policy.

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