Term Life Insurance
Saturday, November 15th, 2003If you are thinking about purchasing life insurance, probably the most popular life insurance product is term life insurance. Term life insurance pays a death benefit to the beneficiaries for a set term (period of time). Term life insurance can come in many different terms, usually from one year to thirty years. However the most popular term is for 20 years. Other popular terms are 5, 10, 15, 25 and 30. It should be noted that term life insurance can start at any age, but it usually will end at the age of 80. So if you are 55, the longest term you can purchase is usually 25.
With most term life insurance plans, you pay a set amount at regular intervals throughout the term. The price does not increase and the death benefit does not decrease. This type of term life insurance is called Level Term. There is also a term life product called Decreasing Term. In decreasing term life insurance, the death benefit decreases on a regular schedule, however the payments to the policy stay the same. Th (more...)
