David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville Quotes

I was told when I went for a life-insurance exam when I was 18 that I was not likely to live past 50, so I refused to pay the premium.

Human life is proverbially uncertain; few things are more certain than the solvency of a life-insurance company.

My wife bought an extra life insurance policy on me.

People won't buy insurance until they're sick. If you can call on your way to the hospital and get coverage, it's not really insurance at that point.

I don't want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: when I go, they go too.

Once your kids are grown and you know that you're completely healthy, consider canceling your life insurance policy.

Life insurance is a commodity.

My dad was an agent for Met Life. In the '50s, I remember the mortality rate was something like - you had - 58 was the average age. Then it was moved up to 62, and then 65, 68.

If there is anyone dependent on your income - parents, children, relatives - you need life insurance.

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance.

For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.

Fully 57 percent of American college students are women. Life insurance companies sell more policies to women than to men. As women continue to draw on experience and education, they're accelerating their numbers in upper management, too.

Remember kids, I have life insurance.

Our Achilles heel is that we haven’t been able to successfully explain why it’s fair to penalize [insurance] applicants for risk factors they can’t control.

Pre-existing conditions for those previously insured must not lead to someone being unable to get insurance.

It's always a matter of convincing the insurance people. They seem to think that after a certain age, you're just going to fall over or something.

Term insurance is temporary, but your problem is permanent.

My parents believed in education and economic security, and I thank them for it. Because I think that's part of what's made my life stable. It was instilled in me. You have to be able to pay your bills. You do not get into debt. And I never have been.

Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. That's what change looks like.

Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.

Unbeknownst to most American investors, significant portions of their public pension, mutual fund, life insurance and private portfolios are comprised of stocks of privately held companies that partner with state sponsors of terror.

I have a very, very normal life. I really do - with the exception of being very lucky and privileged. I have two children, a dog, and a husband. We live in New York, the kids go to school, and we're fortunate that we have flexible schedules. I like that. That's what I want.

If people want to keep their kid on their insurance at 26, fine. We've got to make sure no American gets turned back for pre-existing conditions, that's fine.

After all, as a taxpayer, if I'm acting as the insurer against losses, I should have the right to say what risks the insured can take.

I don't want to stay on the road for the rest of my life. I have two kids.