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| Longwood | | The best time to switch policies is | | Valuation Clause: A clause stating the |
| Harrisburg | | within one month of receiving your | | value of items for insurance |
| St. Louis | | policy renewal from your current | | purposes, making it a valued policy. |
| Manchester | | insurer. You can typically cancel your | | |
| Irvine | | policy without any fees or penalties if | | Endorsement: A written or printed form |
| Troy | | you act within this time period. | | attached to the policy which alters |
| Honolulu | | | | provisions of the contract. |
| Fort Myers | | Everyone has different needs, and | | |
| Newburgh | | not one size fits all when it comes to | | Domestic Insurer (or Company): An |
| Dearborn | | term life insurance. While it may make | | insurer formed under the laws of the |
| Arlington | | sense for people in their 30s and 40s | | state in which the insurance is written. |
| Des Moines | | to secure a 20-year term length, a | | |
| Clarksville | | 10-year term might be more | | Tariff Rate: A rate established by a |
| Bakersfield | | appropriate for someone nearing | | rating organization, which comes from |
| Stuart | | retirement. | | the tables, schedules and rules found |
| Gaithersburg | | | | in the tariff of rates. |
| Minneapolis | | While some companies raise their | | |
| Staten Island | | prices based on your actual age, | | Building Code: This refers to |
| Westbury | | most companies increase the price of | | municipal or other governmental |
| Colorado Springs | | their policies six months before your | | ordinances regulating the type of |
| Decatur | | birthday. Its a term called Age | | construction of buildings within its |
| Davenport | | Nearest in the industry, and that | | jurisdiction. |
| Bay City | | half-year price increase could really | | |
| Silver Spring | | add up over a 20-year term policy. As | | Policy Anniversary: The anniversary |
| Jackson | | above, the quicker you purchase your | | of the date of issue of a policy as |
| Council Bluffs | | policy the better. | | shown in the policy declarations. |