Rowan works for a construction company that employs 40 employees. The company is newly established, and the owners have yet to implement a group insurance policy. Rowan falls off the side of a building and breaks his collar bone. The doctor informs him that he will be unable to work for five months.
Who will pay him disability benefits while he is recuperating?
Anvi owns individual disability insurance that she purchased 5 years ago. At the time of application, she was a semi-professional boxer. Gamma Insurance Inc. offered her the disability policy with an exclusion stating that if she became disabled while boxing, the benefit would not be paid.
This week, while reviewing her insurance needs with Tyron, her insurance agent, she mentions that she retired from boxing and wants to know how, or if, this will affect her policy.
What should Tyron tell her?
Harper owns a disability insurance policy that will pay her a monthly benefit if she becomes unable to work. At the time she applied for the policy, Harper was a new graduate with an annual income of $60,000, and she qualified for a monthly benefit of $3,000. Instead of taking the maximum benefit, she focused on paying off her student loans and keeping her insurance premiums low. She elected to purchase a monthly benefit of $2,500 and add the future purchase option (FPO) rider for up to $500 a month of additional coverage. Now she is further along in her career, Harper earns $100,000 a year, and she meets with her insurance agent Trish to increase her coverage. Harper would like her new monthly benefit to be $5,000.
Which of the following statements about Harper’s coverage is TRUE?
Dominic suffers a heart attack on October 1 and dies a little over a month later, on November 7. At the time of his death, he owned a $150,000 critical illness (CI) insurance policy, purchased 10 years earlier. Dominic never failed to pay the $100 monthly premium. When he died, the insurer had not yet issued the benefit payment.
How will the CI benefit be treated?