Consumers overestimate the cost of term life insurance by ~3× — actual rates are far lower than most assume.LIMRA 2024 Insurance Barometer·Term life accounted for ~40% of individual life policies sold in the U.S. in 2024 — the most common new policy type.LIMRA U.S. Individual Life Insurance Sales·Term life remains the lowest cost-per-thousand life-insurance coverage available to most buyers.ACLI Life Insurers Fact Book·Every Texas life-insurance policy includes a mandatory 10-day free-look period — review, cancel, and receive a full refund of premiums.Texas Department of Insurance·TDI publishes complaint ratios for every licensed carrier — a useful sanity check before committing to coverage.Texas Department of Insurance Company Search·NAIC operates a free Life Insurance Policy Locator Service that helps beneficiaries find lost policies across participating carriers.National Association of Insurance Commissioners·CFPB and NAIC both recommend matching the life-insurance term to the underlying financial need (e.g., the years remaining on your mortgage).Consumer Financial Protection Bureau·Texas residents can call the TDI consumer help line (1-800-252-3439) for disputes or carrier questions — a free state resource.Texas Department of Insurance·AM Best, S&P, and Moody's publish carrier financial-strength ratings — A− or better is the standard floor for committing premium dollars.Insurance Information Institute·Consumers overestimate the cost of term life insurance by ~3× — actual rates are far lower than most assume.LIMRA 2024 Insurance Barometer·Term life accounted for ~40% of individual life policies sold in the U.S. in 2024 — the most common new policy type.LIMRA U.S. Individual Life Insurance Sales·Term life remains the lowest cost-per-thousand life-insurance coverage available to most buyers.ACLI Life Insurers Fact Book·Every Texas life-insurance policy includes a mandatory 10-day free-look period — review, cancel, and receive a full refund of premiums.Texas Department of Insurance·TDI publishes complaint ratios for every licensed carrier — a useful sanity check before committing to coverage.Texas Department of Insurance Company Search·NAIC operates a free Life Insurance Policy Locator Service that helps beneficiaries find lost policies across participating carriers.National Association of Insurance Commissioners·CFPB and NAIC both recommend matching the life-insurance term to the underlying financial need (e.g., the years remaining on your mortgage).Consumer Financial Protection Bureau·Texas residents can call the TDI consumer help line (1-800-252-3439) for disputes or carrier questions — a free state resource.Texas Department of Insurance·AM Best, S&P, and Moody's publish carrier financial-strength ratings — A− or better is the standard floor for committing premium dollars.Insurance Information Institute·
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Move the sliders. Get a realistic estimated monthly premium for a simplified-issue mortgage protection policy structured around your mortgage. Mortgage protection isn’t a single product — it’s a framework. Your advisor will pick the right chassis (level term for younger clients, whole life for older clients) during your Critical Time Period Evaluation. This estimator gets you in the right ballpark.

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Estimated monthly premium for a simplified-issue mortgage protection policy structured around your mortgage. Real quote from your advisor.

  • • Age: 35
  • • Coverage: $300,000 face amount
  • • Term: 20-year level
  • • Tobacco: Non-smoker
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Estimate only, not a quote.Mortgage protection isn’t a single product — it’s a framework. Your advisor will run a Critical Time Period Evaluation, then structure either a higher-face-value term policy or a whole-life policy around your mortgage payment, depending on your age, health, and goals. Most policies we issue are simplified-issue (no medical exam). Final pricing is set at underwriting.

How MPI cost scales with age

Age at policy issue is the single biggest driver of premium. The chart below shows estimated monthly cost for $250,000 of 30-year level mortgage protection insurance for a healthy non-smoker, midpoint of the Preferred-Plus to Standard underwriting classes. Costs roughly double every eight to ten years — locking in a policy in your early thirties typically costs less than half of what the same coverage costs in your late forties.

Estimated monthly cost of $250,000 of 30-year mortgage protection insurance, by ageBar chart showing estimated monthly premium for a healthy non-smoker. Costs rise from roughly $39 per month at age 25 to $1100 per month at age 65.$0$275$550$825$1100$3925$6030$9035$13740$20845$31550$47855$72560$110065Age at policy issueMonthly premium ($)Source: MortgageProtectionCompany.com
Estimated monthly cost of $250,000 of 30-year simplified-issue mortgage protection coverage, by age at policy issue. Healthy non-smoker, midpoint of the simplified-issue range our advisors see on real applications. Final premium depends on health, lifestyle, and whether the policy is structured as term or as a whole-life mortgage-payment framework — which is determined during your Critical Time Period Evaluation with your advisor.

How this calculator works

The range reflects what our advisors typically see on real simplified-issue mortgage protection applications — the dominant underwriting path for what we issue. Younger clients (under 50, healthy) usually receive a level-term framework; older clients (50+ or with health complications) usually receive a whole-life policy structured around the mortgage payment via our Critical Time Period Evaluation. The calculator estimates a blended typical premium across that mix.

Mortgage protection isn’t a single product — it’s a framework. The numbers here are not idealized fully-underwritten preferred-plus class term-life quotes you might see on aggregator sites, because that’s not the policy most homeowners actually receive. Real-world simplified-issue policies with the living benefits we recommend (accelerated death benefit, disability waiver) settle into the "conservative $60–$80/month for healthy 30s–40s applicants" band. For the full framework explanation, see Mortgage Protection Insurance: How We Structure Coverage.

Methodology in plain English.The age factor uses a log curve calibrated so a 30-year-old non-smoker pays roughly $20/month base per $100,000 of 30-year simplified-issue coverage, doubling every eight years of age. Coverage scales linearly to $250K with a mild volume discount above. Term factor follows a published carrier curve (10-yr ≈ 55% of 30-yr, 20-yr ≈ 82%). Tobacco use roughly doubles the premium. We multiply the base by 0.75 for the low end of the range and 1.55 for the high end — the wider upper bound captures the structured-whole-life path that older clients typically receive.

What this calculator does NOT model: your prescription history (statins and SSRIs alone don’t materially change your class, but heart medication or recent cancer treatment will), your immediate family history of major cancer or cardiovascular disease before age 60, your build (height and weight outside published ranges shifts your class), your occupation (a few categories carry surcharges), and the specific rider mix your advisor chooses. These are factors the actual underwriter and your advisor examine that this estimator skips for simplicity.

Why the range is wide.Two healthy 35-year-old non-smokers can pay materially different premiums depending on which carrier the advisor uses, the structure (level term vs. whole life Critical Time Period), and which rider mix is selected. The range is intended to bracket realistic outcomes, not predict any single carrier’s offer.

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