What is meaning for accident life insurance, you expect? Accident life insurance, sometimes called "accidental" life insurance, "accidental death" insurance, or "accidental death and dismemberment" insurance policy (which is partly as well health/disability insurance) can be a rider on your current policy that has special terms for paid out in the type of a sudden death caused by a completely unforeseeable accident. Typically, this payment is in addition to the case amount of the policy that would be paid out if the insured died of normal causes such as old years or an illness contracted after the insurance policy was in force. This extra payment is typically 1.5x or 2x the death benefit on the important policy.

The insurance industry defines accidental death as "any death purely due to accident." So, deaths due to war, deaths form illegal activities like dealing drugs and getting shot to death, or deaths that result from individual pursuits considered inherently unsafe like shark cage diving will not be covered. Airplane crashes, car accidents, and these days maybe even terrorist attacks would be covered.

Usually this riders also passes out after a certain age, typically age 70. However, often these riders will pay off if the insured dies for several time after the accident occurs--typically one year--as long as it can be proved that the death was direct instigated by the accident.

But accident life insurance can also be purchased on a very temporary basis if you're going on a trip. Specially with different vacation packages, you can find accident life insurance that you can purchase as part of the entire cost. You might be going scuba diving; you might be going on a ski trip; you might be going along a trans-oceanic flight or cruise; you might determine that you'd enjoy to scope out wolves in Saskatchewan province; you might even be going on a two-week tour by car. If you haven't already had a life insurance policy with a rider, you can purchase temporary accident insurance to cover your risks (and you might wish to buy the temporary insurance anyway).

Sometimes these insurance policies also covering you financially in the event of the accident-caused death of your spouse or a kid on that same trip with you.

It can be wise to find into accident life insurance if you are going on a trip like those mentioned. But, if you already make a good amount of life insurance, you are likely not to need it. And as far as the accidental death rider--it doesn't serve any working determination, since life insurance is already about handling untimely deaths. More policies already will pay out for accidental death, just not the extra amount. Normally, accidental death riders are only psychological comfort. They are really inexpensive because they don't usually pay out, but you're still paid additional money.