Life Insurance - Many people think that life insurance is only for people with families. While it is true that life insurance can help provide for the needs of dependents, life insurance also can be an important part of a well-thought-out estate, business succession or charitable giving plan. And permanent life insurance offers many living benefits as well, such as tax-deferred cash value accumulation. For all of these reasons, life insurance can be important for someone starting out — or for someone who's starting over.
* Whole Life - Whole Life insurance is also known as permanent insurance. You receive coverage for your entire life, as long as premiums (which are a set amount per period) are paid. Whole life policies accumulate cash value tax-deferred.
For example- a grandmother is looking for a perfect gift for her granddaughter. Grandmother wants her to give a gift that could be permanent. Grandmother bought a cash value life insurance on her grand daughter. The cash value can be borrowed against to help support her college expense. Please keep in mind that acessing the cash value via policy loans will reduce the death benefit by the amount of the outstanding loan and loan interest. Grandmother becomes a celebrity in the eyes of her granddaughter.
* Term Life - Term Life policies provide coverage for a specific amount of time – such as 5 years, 10 years or 20 years. Term premiums are often less expensive than whole life premiums, but once the term of the policy is complete, coverage terminates. There is no accumulation of cash value.
For example- the parents did not feel it necesary to have life insurance at their young age when cash value life insurance was inexpensive for them. They thought it was an extra expense. Now when they become parents and want to protect their children's standard of living, they need life insurance. But as the price of cash value life insurance goes higher as people grow older, they cannot afford cash value life insurance. Term insurance is comparatively less expensive than cash value life insurance. Term insurance can be an affordable alternative.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment