Posts Tagged ‘whole life insurance’

Different Types of Life Insurance: Which One is Right For You?

By Life Insurance Admin On July 6, 2011 No Comments
imageLife insurance is a great way to protect your family financially should anything ever happen to you. You may want to consider getting a life insurance policy if you are married, have children, or other people depend on your income for support.  There are a number of different types of life insurance policies available, and finding which one is the best for you and your family can be a challenge.

Here are some of the different types of life insurance policies out there. Term Life Insurance Term life insurance is perhaps the simplest and cheapest type of life insurance available.  This type of life insurance is considered temporary and provides protection for a certain period of time, usually 1-30 years.  If the insured dies before the end of the term, his beneficiary receives the face value of the policy.  If he does not die by the end of the term, he does not receive anything.  At the end of the term

Click here to continue reading


Advantages of a Whole Life Insurance Policy

By Life Insurance Admin On September 11, 2010 No Comments
imageTo begin with, you need to understand that life insurance falls into two very broad categories: Whole and term. The basic difference between term and whole life insurance is this: A term policy is life coverage only.
In whole life insurance policy, as long as one continues to pay the premiums, the policy does not expire for a lifetime. As the term applies, whole life insurance provides coverage for the whole life or until the person reaches the age of 100. Whole life insurance policies build up a cash value (usually beginning after the first year). With whole life, you pay a fixed premium for life instead of the increasing premiums found on renewable term life insurance policies. In addition, whole life insurance has a cash value feature that is guaranteed. In term and whole-life, the full premium must be paid to keep the insurance.
With level premiums and the accumulation of cash values, whole life insurance is aClick here to continue reading


Life Insurance – Pros and Cons of Whole Life & Term Life Coverage

By Life Insurance Admin On August 19, 2010 No Comments
image“Do I need life insurance?” “Is whole life insurance a good investment?” “Is term life insurance risky?” Questions like these are posted in online communities on a daily basis. The answers vary widely, with the term life and whole life camps polarized. The tone of the debate is surprisingly strident. After all, the topic is insurance—not a something expected to inspire strong opinions, let alone strong language. But words like “rip-off,” “scam,” and “waste of money” fly back and forth, sometimes accompanied by rows of exclamation marks or worse. What is behind the brouhaha? And which camp—if either—is right?The two sides do not even agree about whether a person needs life insurance. Whole lifers say, yes. You do not want the death of a family member to disrupt your family’s finances or jeopardize its future. It is hard enough to adjust to the loss of a loved one. Adding financial difficulties exacerbates the problem. With the skyrocketing costs of funerals, even children and seniors shouldClick here to continue reading


How Does Life Insurance Work?

By Life Insurance Admin On August 16, 2010 No Comments
imageWe all need life insurance. Even if we do not have much in the way of personal expenses, life insurance is a must. Parents will even obtain life insurance on their newborn babies because we never know what is going to happen from day to day. Newborn babies do not have debt, but there are funeral expenses that the parents have to worry about if the worst happens. If you are an adult without life insurance, that is as good a reason as any to have coverage. But if you are not sure how life insurance works, that is okay. Many individuals refrain from even getting involved with looking for life insurance for the fact that thy lack the awareness needed to find it. Fortunately, that all ends right now The different policies The first place that people tend to get confused is that they are not sure which policy type is best for them. Well, hereClick here to continue reading


Whole Life Insurance | Why People Go For Whole Life Insurance Instead Of Term Life Insurance.

By Life Insurance Admin On August 3, 2010 No Comments
imageUncertainty is a part of life. What tomorrow holds in store nobody knows? However the risk of uncertainty can be reduced by insurance. You should have some type of insurance no matter what your salary. Here are 3 benefits to having insurance, firstly: Insurance can be used to reimburse for a loss that occurs. Secondly: Insurance protects against harm to something or someone. Thirdly: Insurance saves you money in the future. There are many policies available in the market but why people prefer taking a whole life insurance policy instead of taking a term life insurance. This can be understood very easily by the information given below.

When a person purchases a whole life insurance, he has an advantage which takes into consideration three essential things into consideration they are: costs, coverage duration, and cash value. How fast you decide to buy this policy, you will be able to enjoy so many benefits. One among them is permanent level premium; this will help the person in

Click here to continue reading


What Does Term Life Insurance Mean?

By Life Insurance Admin On August 2, 2010 No Comments
imageActually what does term insurance mean? Before you purchase a term life insurance policy it is very important that you understand what it is. The word “term” means that there is a specific period of time that you are going to have coverage and when that period ends the coverage also ends. When the term has expired you will need to find a new insurance policy. In the insurance parlance, Annuitant is defined as a person who benefits from a pension or annuity. The advantage of the annuity is that it provides a higher payment of the current value at the time of death. In case an individual dies before the policy period is over, the beneficiaries are the heirs who receive the accumulated amount of the annuity. The payments are subject to income and estate taxes. There are some factors which affect insurance terms and rates- Date of birth is the important factor which is used to determine the annuitant’s age. If the annuitant isClick here to continue reading


Whole Of Life Insurance

By Life Insurance Admin On May 29, 2010 No Comments
imageWhole of Life Insurance is a form of life assurance that is offered by several insurance companies and advise about such cover should be obtained from a suitably authorised financial adviser.

Whole of Life Insurance is often taken out for family protection purposes to provide a lump sum to your dependants in the event of your death.

Whole of Life Insurance provides life cover as the title describes-potentially for the whole of your life i.e whenever you die the policy will pay out as long as you maintain the premiums. This is different to Level Term Assurance which usually only pays out if you were to die during the term of the policy. Hence the cost of Whole of Life Insurance is usually greater than that of Level Term Assurance.

The premiums for a whole life insurance policy are normally invested in a fund and the cost of providing the cover is taken out of the fund. The policy is often reviewable after 10 years to assess

Click here to continue reading


About - Contact - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service