Short Term Life Insurance

Short term life insurance is a kind of life insurance that was designed with temporary job loss in mind, although it doesn't necessarily have to be for that (but usually is). Short term life policies are offered by insurers so that someone who has lost their job or is making a career transition can have life insurance coverage during their time between paying positions (assuming that these people only had group life insurance through their former employer and did not choose to convert it).
Short term life insurance policies do not build cash value and they last anywhere from one month to one year. The statistical risk of death, especially for a young person, during such a window of time is very small, but the point of life insurance is to protect loved ones against such unlikely or unforeseen incidents. Still, since life insurance premiums and underwriting criteria are based on likelihood of death in a given period of time, life insurance companies don't consider those seeking short term life policies to be significant risks. Thus, short term life policies are guaranteed issue policies that aren't overly expensive.

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Short term life insurance can be acquired in less than a half hour and can be completely applied for online–even your "electronic signature" is valid. Coverage will begin that same day, and there are no medical questions or exams. Some companies will require a brief telephone interview just to verify your personal information. You can pay premiums monthly or by another periodicity such as quarterly, just as with "normal" life insurance. Your policy will be in force immediately and your physical policy is typically mailed out within two business days.

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