B. Debit Life Insurance
Two types of debit life insurance are available. Debit ordinary insurance was designed for wage earners with modest incomes. Premiums are collected by company agents at policyholders' homes. Other than this mode of collection, the coverage has the same characteristics as ordinary life insurance. Industrial life insurance is also designed to meet the needs of low-income industrial workers. Premiums are payable weekly or monthly, and the face amount does not generally exceed $1000. A medical examination is not required to obtain such insurance.

C. Group Life Insurance
First introduced in 1911, group life insurance has grown since World War II chiefly because it has been included as a fringe benefit in collective-bargaining agreements. It provides a means of insuring a number of people in a business establishment, society, or other organization. A master contract is issued, and each insured person receives a certificate specifying the amount of the insurance and his or her beneficiary. Group policies contain a conversion clause that permits an insured, on separation from the group, to convert to an individual type of nonterm life insurance policy without evidence of insurability. The new policy, however, is issued at the premium rate applicable at the attained age of the policyholder. Because group insurance is a form of wholesale buying, its economies are passed on to policyholders in the form of lower premiums per dollar of coverage. Group life insurance usually is issued on a 1-year renewable term basis.

D. Savings Bank Life Insurance
First made available in Massachusetts in 1907, savings bank life insurance is transacted on an over-the-counter basis or by mail without the use of soliciting agents. This normally results in reduced expense and lower costs to policyholders.
The technical details of administering the business are performed by a central organization that provides actuarial, medical, and certain other services for the member banks. The central organization computes the premium rates and prepares policy forms and application blanks. Each participating bank, however, is an independent body that issues its own contracts, maintains records, and retains and invests the assets of its own insurance department. The surplus funds attributable to insurance operations of the bank are available only to its policyholders; moreover, the central organization maintains a contingency or guaranty fund to protect policyholders.