[WSBAPT] Life Insurance

[Lisa E Schuchman]

Thanks, Paul.  I did read the policy and since it’s 32 years old I think he’ll be okay.  I was just trying to cover all possible bases, possibly overdoing it.

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From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of Paul Grant
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BUT, this statute will not change the terms of a life insurance policy.  I'm not so sure that this answers whether a policy would deem assisted suicide, as it is known (yes, Death With Dignity is a title, but society has its own term), different than suicide in general.  If I knew I was ending my life tomorrow I could find a dozen LI policies without underwriting, pay the premium, and have a nice windfall.  I doubt that is the intent of the statute.  I would imagine that a carrier would be very willing to challenge such a scenario.

That leads to make sure you know the LI policy's terms.  If a standard 1 year clause is there then?  Great question... no answers.


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On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 9:14 PM, Sara M <sara.l.mcculloch at gmail.com<mailto:sara.l.mcculloch at gmail.com>> wrote:
The death with dignity act states-

RCW 70.245.170
Insurance or annuity policies.
The sale, procurement, or issuance of any life, health, or accident insurance or annuity policy or the rate charged for any policy shall not be conditioned upon or affected by the making or rescinding of a request, by a person, for medication that the patient may self-administer to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner. A qualified patient's act of ingesting medication to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner shall not have an effect upon a life, health, or accident insurance or annuity policy.

Sara McCulloch


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