What Is Important Benefits Of Term Life Insurance?
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Term life is a cheap insurance for a temporary need. That’s the big benefit of it over other types if insurance.
As for general benefits to all forms of life insurance:
Pays out a tax free lump sum of money to your beneficiary.
Can be used to create a legacy to help others.
Odds of you dying are 100%. the money you will pay into life insurance of any kind will be FAR lower than the benefit amount.
Provides peice of mind that if something happens to you, your family will be taken care of.
Provides your beneficiaries with the freedom of choice. They get one lump sum and can use it for whatever they want, whether it’s taking a holiday to get their mind off things, putting the kids through college, paying off debts, cover lost wages and put food on the table, whatever. Certain insurances like Mortgage insurance/creditor insurances, don’t give any choice at all. sometimes paying out the debt isn’t the most important thing, especially in the case where the deceased is the only person on the debt and the family isn’t liable for it anyways.
Upfront underwriting. With some insurances they do the underwriting at the time of claim so even though you applied and have been paying for the premiums you might still get declined. This is case with group benefits, creditor insurances and more. Regualr life insurance through an agent does the underwriting up front so you know what is and isn’t covered before you even pay the first premium.
Term policies cover you for a certain term of years (1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 are common). They are the most cost effective form of life insurance (read cheapest). They build no cash value so the money you spend on it is just gone unless you die. IMHO, TERM IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO!
Whole Life policies cover you for your entire life, the rate is much higher than term, but they do build a really small amount of cash value that you can cash out or take loans against. These cost 50-150% more than term policies and are a piss poor investment choice.
Universal Life/Variable Life/etc, these are policies which take your premiums and invests part of them to pay your premiums. They can go DRASTICALLY down in value on your death benefit, you can completely lose your coverage if you are not paying enough premiums. STAY FAR FAR AWAY from these type policies.
Rule of thumb, 5-10 times your annual income in LEVEL (rates don’t increase) 20-30 year TERM policies
Life insurance is a VERY expensive fact of life. The longer you own it, the more it costs. I don’t care if it’s term or permanent. While your thinking of life insurance, also think how annuities work. Here it is in it’s most basic form.
Life Insurance:
Die young, your heirs win. Live long and you lose.
Annuities:
Die young, your heirs lose. Live long and you win.
So the point is to get your finances to a place where you don’t need it anymore. House paid off. Kids raised and out of the house. Money saved in your 401(k) and IRA. The benefit of term is lower cost so you have more $$$$$ to achieve these things. Once you achieve them, get rid of it and stop paying for it. Of course if you keep refinancing the house every couple of years and keep racking up the debt and don’t save any money through your life, then you deserve to get screwed because you need a permanent policy.
Term life is affordable life insurance coverage that has never been less expensive than it is now. It serves the purpose of insuring someone for a finite amount of time; 10, 20, 30 years are the most common. There is no savings element to it. What you are buying is strictly life insurance.
To get term life insurance quotes and information on policies that are in your local area, fill out the form at http://myinsurancequotes.net/insurance_q…
Sincerely,
Jared B.http://www.utahinsurance.orghttp://www.healthinsuranceinutah.com
Term insurance has one benefit over a permanent policy- $ If you have the money and can get a permanent policy- /UL- you should. A term will expire, thus causing you to pay more money when you change to a permanent policy. A Universal life will not change benefit amount, and will only require one level premium until you die. Get quotes then go from there-
joseph@carylevinson.com
The benefits of term life insurance include the following:
Flexibility – You can chose from coverage for 10, 15, 20, or 30 years.
You choose how long you need coverage, so you don;t have to pay for life insurance any longer than you need it.
Affordability – Term life insurance is temporary protection so it usually costs 2-3 times less than whole life insurance, depending on your age.
It’s also quick and easy to shop and compare term life insurance quotes online with no obligation from the convenience of your home or office any time of night or day without having to meet with an insurance agent.
In addition, term life offers several different types of plans including level term, decreasing term, return of premium, renewable term, and no exam term life insurance. You can learn more about term life insurance at http://www.term-life-online.com
Term life insurance proceeds are usually paid out free from federal income tax. The proceeds can be used for any reason.
First rule: Get the right amount of insurance. Someone commented earlier about 5x one’s income. That’s less than the commonly accepted amounts. At least 10x upwards of 20x depending on your obligations, debts and ages of children.
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how about, it pays a lump sum to your dearly beloveds if you should kick off?