According to U.S. law, life insurance companies have to cover suicide once you’ve had the policy for two years. (In at least one state, it’s one year.)
(And as a suicide prevention measure, “if you’re going to kill yourself, you should wait two years” might be more convincing to some depressed people than the usual “killing yourself is bad, we can help you” message.)
And as a suicide prevention measure, “if you’re going to kill yourself, you should wait two years” might be more convincing to some depressed people than the usual “killing yourself is bad, we can help you” message.
I’d believe that. I wonder if the general area of suicide influence has been studied much?
According to U.S. law, life insurance companies have to cover suicide once you’ve had the policy for two years. (In at least one state, it’s one year.)
(And as a suicide prevention measure, “if you’re going to kill yourself, you should wait two years” might be more convincing to some depressed people than the usual “killing yourself is bad, we can help you” message.)