How Long Does It Take For Life Insurance To Be In Underwriting? 
How long does it take for life insurance to be in underwriting ? Forever it seems . Depending on the individual it can take anywhere from 4 to 12 weeks or more . Why ? The life insurance underwriting process is really a hurry up and wait process . That is underwriting can be very busy for a day with questions and requests being sent out and then it becomes a wait for the requests to return to the underwriter . The waiting is what adds time to underwriting . 