Comprehensive and Detailed in Depth Explanation with Exact Extract from Documents and Guides:
TheIFSE Ethics and Professional Practice Course (Common Law)notes that life insurance policies include a suicide clause, typically denying benefits if suicide occurs within two years of the policy's issue or a significant change (e.g., coverage increase). Jane's original $100,000 policy was in force for over five years, beyond the two-year suicide exclusion. The increase to $300,000, approved one year before her suicide, restarts the exclusion for the additional $200,000. Thus, only the original $100,000-past its exclusion period-is payable. A (arbitrary limit) and C (full payout) misapply the clause, and D (no benefit) ignores the original coverage's duration. B is correct.
References:
IFSE Ethics and Professional Practice Course (Common Law), Module 2: Insurance Contracts, Section on
"Suicide Clause and Policy Changes."