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Life Insurance
Life
insurance is like a safety net for your family. You want to
make sure your family would have enough money to live in the
lifestyle that they do now if you passed away. You should
purchase enough coverage to pay for your funeral, and other
expenses surrounding your death as well as any outstanding
debts that you owe (e.g. mortgage, car loans).
Joint Life Insurance
Policy
A joint life insurance policy
is a policy that covers two people. It usually provides payment
when the first of the two people die, however, it can be structured
to pay proceeds at the time of the second person's death.
Term Life Insurance
Policy
A term life insurance policy
insures you for a set amount of coverage over a fixed time
period (e.g. you can purchase a 10-year term policy for $150,000).
Your premiums for a term life policy stay the same for the
entire term.
Permanent Life Insurance
Policy
Also known as whole life insurance,
a permanent life insurance policy provides a lifetime of insurance
protection.
Universal Life Insurance
Policy
A universal insurance policy
provides a lifetime of insurance protection, cash values,
level or flexible premiums, and level or flexible death benefits.
It's more expensive than term insurance, because it offers
lifetime coverage as well as savings and investment benefits.
Universal Life Insurance
Policy
A universal insurance policy provides
a lifetime of insurance protection, cash values, level or
flexible premiums, and level or flexible death benefits. It's
more expensive than term insurance, because it offers lifetime
coverage as well as savings and investment benefits.
Whole Life Insurance Policy
Also known as permanent insurance, whole
life insurance provides a lifetime of insurance protection.
Because a whole life insurance policy covers you for such
a long period of time, it's usually more expensive than a
term insurance policy.
Disability Insurance
Disability insurance pays you a benefit
to help meet day to day living expenses while you are disabled.
With disability insurance, the benefit is for a period of
time until the beneficiary is fit to return to work.
Critical Illness Insurance
Critical illness insurance pays you
a one time, lump sum benefit if you are diagnosed with a critical
illness or condition as defined in your policy and you satisfy
the survival period. This differs from disability in that
a person diagnosed with a critical illness is not expected
to return to work.
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