| Thought for the day 16:59 - Jun 21 with 860 views | Crawfordsboot |
Will life’s insurers pay out for an assisted death? |  | | |  |
| Thought for the day on 17:02 - Jun 21 with 839 views | surreyblue |
I imagine it would be treated in the same/similar way as suicide |  | | |
| Thought for the day on 17:08 - Jun 21 with 820 views | ronnyd |
No chance. | | | |
| Thought for the day on 17:20 - Jun 21 with 773 views | redrickstuhaart |
Not now. No.
But with the change in the law, they will doubtless write into policies, an appropriate provision dealing with it. | | | |
| Thought for the day on 17:21 - Jun 21 with 774 views | GavTWTD |
Yes? Some have terminal illness cover and pay out early in some conditions? |  |
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| Thought for the day on 17:36 - Jun 21 with 749 views | Keno |
Depends on the terms and conditions of the policy and the PR impact for the insurance company |  |
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| Thought for the day on 17:46 - Jun 21 with 722 views | BloomBlue |
It will depend on which type you have.
For example some pay out now even before you die, if you have been given less than 6 months to live. |  | | |
| Thought for the day on 18:00 - Jun 21 with 670 views | Swansea_Blue |
I imagine there will be some updates to policies hitting letterboxes and inboxes very soon, and yes of course some will (if you pay for it). |  |
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| Thought for the day on 18:57 - Jun 21 with 613 views | Daninthecampo |
They already pay out on terminal illness and you will have to be terminal before you can have assisted suicide.
Also the majority of companies will pay out on suicide but only after a set time usually 6 or 12 months from starting the policy | | | |
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| Thought for the day on 20:18 - Jun 21 with 541 views | DavoIPB |
Yes. The person is going to die in the next 6 months anyway. More than. Likely sooner as there will be very very strict criteria for doctors to sign off on it. | | | |
| Thought for the day on 22:11 - Jun 21 with 482 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Thought for the day on 17:02 - Jun 21 by surreyblue |
I imagine it would be treated in the same/similar way as suicide |
Don't talk rubbish. It'll be written into polices as it comes into law. |  |
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| Thought for the day on 16:17 - Jun 22 with 273 views | Mullet |
Cynically, you'd think no woudn't you? But of course there'd be a fairly easy challenge for discrimination as there'd be crossover between disability legislation and terminal illnesses.
What's more likely now is costs of premiums going up I'd assume. |  |
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| Thought for the day on 09:46 - Jun 24 with 104 views | Crawfordsboot |
| Thought for the day on 16:17 - Jun 22 by Mullet |
Cynically, you'd think no woudn't you? But of course there'd be a fairly easy challenge for discrimination as there'd be crossover between disability legislation and terminal illnesses.
What's more likely now is costs of premiums going up I'd assume. |
They might go up but they shouldn’t.
The use of the term insurance is misleading in that death is a certainty. The only unknown is the timing. In the case of assisted dying it will be within six months of the date of a natural death in any event. So numbers of deaths will be unchanged. Though I suppose that the insurers could argue that they will be collecting three months fewer premiums! | | | |
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