What Is Life Insurance, And Why Is It Important?
Tuesday, January 13th, 2004What is life insurance? Everybody seems to know that they need it, but few people actually understand the importance of life insurance.
Life insurance helps replaces the loss of income. Life insurance covers the debts of things like a home, car, or credit cards. Life insurance can never replace the loss of a loved one, but it can help keep some normalcy in place.
It is easy to understand that you need life insurance if you are married, and especially if you have kids as well. Many times I have a client not realized that life insurance for the stay at home spouse is as important, if not more important, than the spouse that works all day. Usually the working spouse just assumes that they can continue working and making a living. But who will pay for the child care while you are working those long hours? Who will transport the kids to all of their activities during the afternoon? Something to think about.
You have probably heard about the two different categories of life insuranc (more...)
