Kidney Cancer Survivors – Life Insurance is Available!
If you’ve had kidney cancer and need life insurance, we can help you.
Finding life insurance after cancer can be difficult, but we show you how to get approved.
There are companies available that help people with high-risk cancer histories.
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Fifty thousand people per year are diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma.
The most common type is Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, making up approximately 70% of all cases.
Kidney Cancer Underwriting
Life insurance underwriters want to know the following about your cancer history:
- What stage was kidney cancer?
- What grade was the kidney cancer?
- How large was the tumor?
- How was your cancer treated?
- Was there any history of recurrence?
- Were there any residual tumors?
- Are your current kidney function tests within normal limits?
- Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)
- Creatinine Clearance
- Serum Creatinine
Stage 1 Kidney Cancer
Most cases will be postponed for some time after the completion of all treatments.
For Stage T0 and T1 kidney cancers, the postponement period is 1-2 years.
That is from the date you complete treatment until life insurance is available.
Stage 2 and 3 Cancer
After the postponed 1-2 years, a flat extra expense will be added to the standard life insurance rates.
For Stage T2 and Stage T3 kidney cancers,
Before coverage is available, the postponement period will be longer, sometimes as long as five years.
After the postponement period, a flat extra expense would apply for approximately ten years.
Standard rates would be available after ten years.
For Stage T0 and T1 kidney cancers, flat extras are closer to the lower price range, while T2 and T3 are towards the high end.
The amount of the flat extra may be in the $750 – $1500 per every $100,000 of coverage.
One of the better life insurers for kidney cancer is John Hancock, in our experience.
Flat extras typically last for 7-10 years. After that time, you would pay the standard life insurance rates.
You find more information here about buying life insurance after cancer.
Final Words
At RiskQuoter Insurance Services, there is never any pressure or obligation with our life insurance service.
We’ll give you the information you need to decide about your life insurance.
Thank you.
Resources and Reference Material for kidney cancer underwriting
