X-Message-Number: 5975 From: (Brian Wowk) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: Oregon doctor-assisted suicide Date: 21 Mar 96 18:19:56 GMT Message-ID: <> References: <4io7an$> <4iq0ud$> In <4iq0ud$> (David L Evens) writes: >Randy Smith () wrote: >: Are you saying that insurers will pay life insurance claims if you commit >: suicide? >: I've always thought it was common knowledge that they did not. >It depends, as some of the companies put a clause in the contract stating >the no indemnity occurs in the event of suicide. As well, some states >(California, it should be noted, has been particularly notorious for this >in the recent past) do not require insurance companies to adhere to their >contracts. In at least three cases I know of, insurance companies paid off on cryonics cases who comitted outright suicide with no terminal illness involved. As long as you've held your policy for two years, I simply cannot imagine an insurer refusing to pay out on a medically-justified suicide case. The public would go nuts! Even now, many life-insurers are paying (somewhat reduced) "death" benefits to clients with AIDS while they are still living. *************************************************************************** Brian Wowk CryoCare Foundation 1-800-TOP-CARE President Your Gateway to the Future http://www.cryocare.org/cryocare/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5975