Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Whole life Limited Payment

Hi Mr. Tan,

My friend, an insurance agent advised me that there is a new life policy where I only need to pay premium for 15 years. My present policy (which I bought from another agent before) needs the premium to be paid until I am 85 years old. She said that it is better to pay more and have the premium stop after 15 years. Should I stop the old policy and take the new one? I find the premium for the new policy to be quite expensive.

REPLY
Your agent is trying to "twist" your policy. Read this blog for an explanation about twisting:
http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/2008/09/twisting-is-bad-for-customer.html

You should lodge a complaint against the agent for this unethical product. Did the agent tell you that she is earning commission by selling the new policy to you? Did she tell you how much is the commission?