Mike

Scottsdale, AZ

Good Question,

The debate of whole versus term life insurance has been going on for quite a while. There is no absolute right or wrong in this debate regarding life insurance. It will always depend on your paying capacity and individual needs as a person. Both have their own benefits and their setbacks.

For term life insurance policy, you are insured from death and your beneficiaries will be given an amount of money if you die within the term that you are covered. Premiums are generally lower at the onset but increase as you renew the term life insurance policy. The downside of term life insurance, if you don’t die within the term of your insurance, you will get no cash values at the end of the term if you will not renew.

With whole life insurance policy, you are insured for the whole of your life. However, the premiums may seem costly for the first few years especially if you’re young, but as you climb the corporate ladder the burden will lighten as you will most likely be paying for the same premium for the whole of your term. Also another good thing with whole life insurance is, depending on the specifics of your policy, you may be getting cash values in the form of dividends in the later years, which you can get or use to pay your premiums.

My advice to you would be to talk to a term life insurance agent who can help you assess where you will benefit the most.

Ted

Tempe, AZ.

Excellent Question

Since no one can tell the future, it’s not possible to know for certain whether the policy holder will or will not die during the term. Both parties take a gamble on cheap term life insurance.

In the event the policy holder does pass away during the term, the insurance company pays the death benefit to the beneficiary (or beneficiaries) listed on the policy. Death benefits are paid out with a one-time lump sum and this fulfils the insurance company’s obligation. The beneficiary is then free to do with the money what he or she chooses.

The money can be invested so it can be drawn upon as needed, it can be used to pay off the insured’s personal debt, it can be used to maintain the family’s established quality of life, or it can even be used to pay off a mortgage.

One benefit of selecting cheap term life insurance is that your monthly premium payments will always be the same. The amount you pay on the first month is the same amount you will pay on the last month. Having a fixed monthly payment for a fixed number of months makes it much easier when you’re trying hard to manage your finances.

With cheap term life insurance, you get a lot of peace of mind for a relatively small monthly investment. Of course the downside is if you don’t die during the policy term, your life insurance will simply expire and you won’t be able to recoup any of the money you’ve paid towards the policy.