Why might a life insurance company insist on an individual having a physical exam before agreeing to provide life insurance to the individual?

What will be an ideal response?


The life insurance policy is a contract that transfers risk from the buyer to the seller, in this case from the individual to the company. The price of the contract is based upon certain assumptions regarding the general health of the individual and specific information such as gender, age, etc.The company wants to make sure there is not any information hidden (information asymmetry) or other problem that would significantly alter its decision to provide the coverage or the price of the coverage.

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