Ahh but that’s why they sell you life insurance, so you won’t kill yourself and the family can use the payout to pay off your medical debt. Maybe. Ain’t capitalism grand?
In the sense that insurance companies often do anything they can to weasel out of a payment, I agree with you completely.
Many have provisions for that cause of death not qualifying that expire after two years, and sometimes they have a provision to pay a reduced amount or a clause where if you change the policy the two years resets.
I have a sibling that works in a relevant area of law to this, so I haven’t researched it extensively I just take them at their word because they have worked on cases where this is relevant (people who are terminal ending their own lives medically).
Ahh but that’s why they sell you life insurance, so you won’t kill yourself and the family can use the payout to pay off your medical debt. Maybe. Ain’t capitalism grand?
There’s usually a clause for that kind of death and it only doesn’t pay out for like 2 years usually. I’d get a lawyer to look to be sure
Many life insurance policies simply do not pay out in the case of suicide.
In the sense that insurance companies often do anything they can to weasel out of a payment, I agree with you completely.
Many have provisions for that cause of death not qualifying that expire after two years, and sometimes they have a provision to pay a reduced amount or a clause where if you change the policy the two years resets.
I have a sibling that works in a relevant area of law to this, so I haven’t researched it extensively I just take them at their word because they have worked on cases where this is relevant (people who are terminal ending their own lives medically).
Hypothetically speaking, what if you’re killed by a cop?
No need for hypotheticals. There have been several documented cases of insurance denying payouts to victims of “suicide-by-cop”:
https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/insurer-moves-for-dismissal-of-lawsuit-in-suicide-by-cop-case-104373.aspx
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/life-insurance-rejected-in-suicide-by-cop/
https://www.enterprise-journal.com/most-recent/her-son-was-gunned-down-she-was-denied-his-life-insurance-payout-and-lexington-police-64f113f5b4690
I think there are some that have clauses about dying during the commission of a crime.