Saturday, September 10, 2011

Insurance CE - Life Insurance Coverage

By Ed Hulse


Buying a life insurance policy can ensure a secure financial future for your family after your death. The proceeds from an insurance policy can provide for living, housing, and college expenses for your spouse and children. You should look into several aspects of this form of coverage before making your choice.

Term life coverage is bought for a certain amount of time only. The payout upon death is the face value of the policy if you die while the policy is in effect. You may be able to buy another policy after the term ends, but the company may charge higher premiums. This type of policy is best for healthy, young adults with small children.

Whole life form of coverage is like term policy except it remains in effect for a lifetime of the purchaser. The premiums for this type of policy are generally higher than for the term life policy. All the terms and conditions of the policy are set at policy issue time and cannot be altered afterwards.

Whole cover will be effective for ones entire existence and one can any time cash out or leave it as it is until when one passes away. A cash value will be received and not the policy's face value, when one cash it out before he dies. The value of the amount paid in premiums plus the interest is what is referred to as cash value.

Universal type of coverage is a type of cover which offers a set benefit normally at retirement regardless of performance of the stock market. When paying your premiums, that money is invested in bonds, stock, and money-market accounts.

Variable coverage is a policy with money that is invested by you. If you do very badly in your investments, the policy will guarantee a minimum death benefit for your family. This type of cover investment is overseen by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Medical and funeral costs can be covered if a child dies using the Child coverage. A majority of firms allow the child continue with the insurance to adulthood. A lot of this builds cash value though there could be a few term policies which could be bought for the child.

There are some insurance riders that can be attached to a life insurance policy. Examples are a rider that waives your term premium in case you are disabled for more than 6 months, a rider that pay extra coverage if you were to die in an accident, and a rider that allows collection of all or part of the death benefit if you become terminally ill.



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