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Does term life insurance pay anything if you cancel it?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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No. Term insurance does not accrue cash value, so if it is canceled or lapses for nonpayment of premium it terminates, coverage ends. Further, in order for any life insurance to pay a death benefit, the insured must die while the policy is in force.

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Yes. Term insurance is like renting insurance.


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