Can paid for life insurance be canceled? 
That is a great question ! My advice would be to contact the company and ask where they sent the cash value for the policy , and / or if it could be reinstated . If it was indeed a whole life policy , and not a term policy , there should be a sizable amount of cash that is due to your father -LRB- assuming he 'd not borrowed from it -RRB- and they would be obligated to return it to him . If it was a term policy , there would have been no cash value , and the policy would have ended . If they will reinstate it for you , there will be a bit of paperwork , and back-owed premiums that will have to be paid , and please understand that for whatever reason , insurance companies are much more brutal about reinstating than they are just issuing a new policy . It may not hurt to have an attorney ... Good luck , and thanks for asking ! 