Insurance Essentials
Life Insurance Essentials
What is Life Insurance?
Life insurance is meant to replace your paycheck, employer benefits and your other financial contributions, and the life insurance death benefit translates into an income amount for their family. This income is generally to care for your dependents, pay off debts and meet other financial obligations. Typically, a policy incurs a premium in exchange for the benefit.
In some cases, a physical examination may be required to obtain coverage for a policy to be approved by the insurance institution. Additionally, life insurance becomes more expensive to purchase with each year you age.
How Does It Work?
At the core of this agreement, in the case of a loss of life, a financial payout is set up to transfer to assigned beneficiaries as tax-free income. Life insurance is a financial tool that can helps to avoid risks that can disrupt your financial security.
Types of Permanent Insurance: Whole Life
With any whole life insurance, it offers a guaranteed cash value from the paid premiums that can be accessed tax free. Policy is guaranteed to never increase-regardless of market conditions. Opportunities for dividends exist and are never guaranteed. Whole life offers income protection and can be utilized as income due to “living benefits”, and its death benefit can be used to cover the loss of income annuities. Whole life policies will allow you to have more options to select from when retirement begins. Coverage is fully active until the insured passes aw
Types of Permanent Insurance: Universal Life
With any whole life insurance, it offers a guaranteed cash value from the paid premiums that can be accessed tax free. Policy is guaranteed to never increase-regardless of market conditions. Opportunities for dividends exist and are never guaranteed. Whole life offers income protection and can be utilized as income due to “living benefits”, and its death benefit can be used to cover the loss of income annuities. Whole life policies will allow you to have more options to select from when retirement begins. Coverage is fully active until the insured passes aw
Types of Permanent Insurance: Variable Universal Life
Types of Temporary Insurance: Term Life
Policy Components
Insured-
Dividend- For permanent policies, is a return of a portion of your policy cost and can accelerate the policy cash value and death benefit over time. Dividends occur on an annual basis.
Cash value-For permanent policies, as long as the required cost for coverage is paid (premium), insurance companies guarantee cash value accumulation. Cash value will grow to the amount of the death benefit.
Cost basis- is the total you have paid into a policy