"What is Term Life Insurance?"
Term is simple. You pay a premium for a period of time (the term) from one to thirty years and if you die during that time the insurance is paid to the person or persons you designate to receive it - called the beneficiary(ies).
Term life insurance usually has the lowest premium in the early years, making it the most affordable life insurance - initially. Term does not build cash value.
It covers you for a specified period of time (usually from 5 to 30 years, you choose). If you purchase a $1,000,000 term life insurance policy for 20-year period and you die in any of those 20 years, your beneficiary receives the million dollars.
"The Fundamentals of Life Insurance – A Caring and Smart Financial Decision"
Life insurance is unique among financial instruments. It is one of, if not the only financial instrument that is based on caring and love. Even though there can be personal advantages to having life insurance, the real impetus is love for those one cares most about – to make sure they are taken care of. So, applaud yourself for taking the time to learn about this subject (and please follow up with action whether through us or the organization of your choice.)
Interestingly, while one is taking care of the financial needs and wants of a spouse or the next generations, life insurance can also develop and build one's personal financial goals while living. For example, because you have sufficient life insurance, you might be able to use more of your assets to enjoy life in retirement. Why is that? Because if you know you have sufficient life insurance you won't feel that you are lowering the inheritance by spending some of your principal. You may actually "pay down principal" to some degree to yourself, especially if you have lifetime permanent life insurance as a backup.
There are various types of life insurance but they all have some common attributes. You pay an insurance company what are called premiums. At your death, the life insurance company pays an amount to the people you named in your policy, called beneficiaries. Also it's interesting that if you named a beneficiary(ies) they'd receive the insurance amount free of income tax.
Some types of life insurance have cash benefits available while you're living. In these types, a portion of your premium goes into a cash reserve and builds on a tax deferred basis. You can access this money, called cash value. Some people use it to help education costs, enhance retirement cash flow or for any reason. Two of the most common types of "permanent life insurance" are called whole life insurance and universal life insurance.
