Term Life Insurance Is A Risk Protection Guarantee

Term life insurance is purchased for a certain time frame usually from one to twenty years. The rates for term insurance stay locked at the same amount, and are much lower than a whole life policy. At the end of the term you receive no return on the money that you paid for the insurance, but if you die before the term is over, then your loved ones will receive the full amount of the policy.

Term life insurance or term assurance is a life insurance that provides coverage at a preset rate of payments for a limited time frame, the relevant term. If the insured dies during the term, the death benefit will be paid to the beneficiary. After that period expires coverage at the previous rate of premiums is no longer guaranteed and the client must either forgo coverage or potentially obtain further coverage with different payments and/or conditions. Term life insurance is the least expensive means to invest in a substantial death benefit on a policy amount per premium dollar basis over a certain time period.

Term life insurance is the original form of life insurance and could be contrasted to permanent life insurance just like whole life, universal life, in addition to variable universal life, which guarantee coverage at set premiums for the lifetime of the insured individual. Many permanent life insurance products also build pre-determined cash value over the life of the contract, available for later withdrawal by the client under specific conditions. Term life insurance is not generally used for estate planning needs or charitable giving strategies but for pure income replacement needs for an individual.

However, on most cash value policies like whole life insurance, the only way to receive the cash value is to cash out the policy. The beneficiaries receive the face value of the insurance policy however not the cash value with whole life insurance coverages. Some financial consultants encourage investing in term life insurance policy and then investing the difference in another place to those who still are eligible to contribute to other tax-deferred investment growth like IRA’s or 401k’s, but this strategy could jeopardize when you must renew and are unable to do this due to health factors.

Term life insurance operates in a way just like many other kinds of insurance in that it satisfies claims against just what is protected when the premiums are current as well as the contract has not ended, and also doesn’t expect a return of premium dollars whenever no claims are filed. To illustrate, car insurance will satisfy claims against the insured in the event of an accident and a home owner coverage will satisfy claims against the home if perhaps it is damaged or damaged by, for example, a fire. Irrespective of whether these events will occur is uncertain, as well as if the coverage holder discontinues protection because he has sold the insured car or home the insurance company is not going to give back the premium. This is purely risk protection.