Hope

Oklahoma City, OK

Hello Hope! It’s nice to hear that you’ve stopped smoking. I myself was a smoker before and I also quit for the simple and same reason that you have – I wanna live longer! When I decided to quit, I was shocked on the benefits I got not to mention getting lower life insurance premium.

It’s true that non smokers life insurance is cheaper as compared to smokers. Again the logic behind this is very simple – smoking means only one thing – higher risk for heart diseases and even cancer. So if you are someone who is considered to have higher chances of getting those diseases hence your life expectancy is shorter. With this, life insurance companies are favorable to non smokers. They are targeting the market they call “better mortality risks”. Given this fact, it is expected that non smokers life insurance get lower rates in the market.

In general, life insurance companies are aiming at non smokers by offering lowers life insurance premiums. If you are looking for non smoker life insurance you can use the websites by just entering your personal information. By doing this, you’ll instantly get non smoker life insurance quotes.

Jeff

Oklahoma City, OK

Cigarette smoking lowers the life expectancy of the user. Because of this risk to the life insurance company, you, as the smoker, will be placed in the smoker risk category and will receive a smoker life insurance rate. This will apply even though you are in good health condition. Smoking can lead to health problems like cancers of the oral cavity, lung, esophagus and larynx. Smoking is also associated to the cancer of the pancreas. If you are an “occasional” smoker, some life insurance companies may qualify you for the non-smoking rates. “Occasional” smoking is generally defined as smoking 12 cigarettes a year. If this is the case, the result of your medical exam in your urine sample must be nicotine-free.

In your case, you have already received a smoker’s life insurance policy. If you have quit for years, you may ask your life insurance agent to reclassify your smokers life insurance rate. Life insurance companies have different rules on how long must an insured be smoke-free. You can contact your life insurance agent to check this.

Note that severe consequence awaits you if your insurer catches you to regular smoking, which you lied about. You may pass a urinalysis test but if you die due to smoke-related problem, the life insurance company can deny the claim.