Life Insurance for Those That Need It
September 8th, 2010 | 
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For example, if you die within three (3) years of transferring ownership of your existing policy, the life insurance policy will be taxed as part of your estate. The things that are second nature to you, whether it’s how to purchase life insurance if you’re a broker; how to write a press release if you’re a marketing consultant; or how to troubleshoot a light switch if you’re an electrician; are all news to those of us on the outside of your industry. The answer is yes if the older, wealthy parent is insurable for life insurance purposes.
In the case of your death, your life insurance will need to be adequate to cover these expenses. The issue with term life insurance is that if you don’t die within that period, the coverage ceases to exist and you are left with nothing. The variations on whole life insurance cover include: Non-profit UK whole life insurance policies: This is the simplest form of whole life cover, and enables you to enjoy the convenience of level payments through the term of the policy until you die.
There is also a life insurance component to the Galveston plan which would provide from $50,000 to $150,000 compared to Social Security’s $255 restricted death benefit. My life insurance experience is a pointed example. Copywriters are also given benefits like paid holidays or vacations, health care, hospitalization, life insurance and retirement.
Minimums And Maximums There are certain minimum and maximum amounts of 10 year term life insurance that insurance companies will be prepared to issue on an applicants life. In these and other similar situations, life insurance combined with an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust can provide a way to pay the federal and state government, while not forcing your heirs to sell off assets to pay taxes.
Who would you like to insure under the life insurance policy. As with whole life insurance and universal life insurance, you may withdraw against the cash value. Shop around and compare life insurance policy rates and coverage.
Most companies offer discounts if you have your home, car and life insurance policies with them also, both home insurance, if you’re a homeowner, and Life insurance plans often have loan programs that may be at your disposal. Life Insurance although also true for single income households, the need for life insurance should particularly is evaluated when both spouses work.
Online life insurance calculators are available to help you put a dollar value on the amount of coverage you need. There is no time limit on reporting information about criminal convictions; information reported in response to your application for a job that pays more than $75,000 a year; and information reported because you’ve applied for more than $150,000 worth of credit or life insurance. The premiums of term life insurance are lowest when you are young and increase as you get older Whole Life Insurance This type of life insurance is similar to term life insurance, as well as provides cash value.
What is Life Insurance Life insurance is a policy that you can enter with your insurance company, which promises a certain amount to your beneficiary(ies) in the event of your death. The only trick is to determine what type of term life insurance is best for you. Suddenly you’re dying sales interview springs back to life with the prospect of using the settlement on a life insurance policy as found money.
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How can my husband open a life insurance policy?We recently found out we are expecting a baby and need to open a life insurance policy in case something would happen to him so we'd be taken care of. We have insurance that is paid for by his employer. How do we go about getting life insurance? Is it added to our existing medical insurance, or can we get it separately?
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I would have to agree in principle. A single person doesn't need the same leval of life insurance that an individual with dependents. However, a small term policy say (50k-100k) wouldn't be very expensive at all $10-$25 per month.
This would leave enough money for burial expenses and if one wishes a nice donation to their favorite charity. Even a small scholarship fund at a local high school could be established.
Hope that helps,
Dale
Many of my clients thought it was too expensive to buy life insurance until I show them how inexpensive it is to buy term insurance. I don't know your age or health, but lets assume you are 30 years old and you are healthy. If you buy a 20 year term with $300,000 coverage, it would cost about $20/month.
If you live in the United States and are looking to save money for your kid's education, you should look at 529 plns. These plans are design solely for higher education and easily transferreable from child to child. Anyone can contribute money into this plan.
@MegaJohnShaft read what ???
Life insurance is the best way to pass money on to your beneficiaries when set up properly. I think everyone that wants something to go to their legacy should have life insurance. It also can be great for peace of mind, you can spend every last penny and still have something left for the kids or grandkids. There's a lot more reasons but I won't go into them now.
However, I probably would not recommend a second-to-die policy. The farther apart the two people pass the more it will cost them. These costs will either be extra premium or opportunity cost of not receiving the money. Some properly drawn up trusts can work great with individual policies. Even something as simple as a credit shelter trust will work with individual policies and allow you to pull money outside of the estate. The best time for a second-to-die is when one of the people is uninsurable. Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.
@probslpwtyormama-go read it yourself. Its a simple concept. Good luck.
@probslpwtyormama — the buy term invest the diff is what those policies do for you. The great thing is its all in one. AND TAX FREE. Im off to work now, I hope it was clear and people understand the difference.
Yes, you likely will have debts together that each of you would be responsible for. The best rates you can get are the ones you qualify for now. If you wait 10 years, you will pay more.
I respectfully disagree with those who think term life insurance is the only way to go.
Term life covers you for specified amount of time, or term. All of the premiums that you pay for a term life policy will be gone when the term is up. You have purchased security, but that is all. You will never see that money again.
If you get a whole life policy, the insurance company will invest your premiums and your policy will build cash value over the years. A whole life policy will never expire, as long as you continue to pay your premiums. If you live another 20 years plus 1 day, you will still be covered under a whole life policy. You will not be covered under a 20-year term life policy. If you live to 100, you will still be covered under whole life. At some point, your cash value can be used to pay the premiums for you, to keep the policy in force. You also can borrow against the cash value.
The usual knock against whole life is that you could take the money you would save by getting term life and invest it into something with a better return. That may be true, but be realistic: Would you really invest the premium savings? Would you invest them in a sure thing? Whole life is guaranteed to build cash value. And how, exactly, are you going to invest $20 a month? Wait 25 months and buy one share of Google stock? To find out more, go here: http://www.lifeinsurancewiz.com Good luck!
You are not required to have life insurance to either foster or adopt. In the case of a foster child, should you pass away, the state will still be providing for the child. With adoption, the responsible thing to do is have life insurance to provide for your child, but it isn't required.
For the beneficiary, you should talk to an estate attorney. Usually they will set things up to leave your assets in trust for your minor children. The trustees would oversee the assets to be sure they are used according to your wishes. (You can appoint relatives to be the trustees). If you leave the money to an adult relative there is no guarantee or obligation that that relative will use the money for the child. They can take the money and hand the child or children over to social services. They can keep your child and give him or her the bare minimum care, but pay off their own bills and buy a hot new sports car.
Term life pays a flat amount to you if you should die before the term is up. Whole life also pays that flat amount upon death, but also includes a "savings" component, so the policy gains some value as time goes on.
Term is the better choice for most people because whole life is very expensive. Go look at the premiums — the same coverage for whole life costs something like 8 – 10 times what term life does. Basically, with whole life, you are buying term insurance plus a "savings" policy. The "savings" part of whole life tends not to have returns as high as if you invested on your own (say, in a mutual fund, for example). So basically, with whole life insurance, you are still "flushing down the drain" the part of your premium which was used to insure your life. You just have this combined savings bit that I think "tricks" you into thinking you've not done that.
So generally, you would do better by buying term insurance, and then taking the difference between what the term cost and what whole life would have cost, and investing that yourself. (Just watch the
http://www.vilkri.com/resources/reader.php/management_fee
when you do invest yourself — it's basically the "management fee", though it comes more in the form of commissions, with whole life that gets you.)
The other reason term is often preferred is that you can be sure to get *enough* coverage. That's really important. You want to be sure you've got enough coverage that your partner will be okay financially after you are gone. You should think a bit about what you want, though — do you want your future spouse to be able to keep this house? Or would it be okay to give her a few years to sell the house and get on her feet? Given today's housing market, I would be nervous about leaving someone with a mortgage she could not pay, because selling the house might just not be a good option. But everything we do with respect to the future is a bit of a gamble, so you have to balance out what it is worth to you, look at the price of various policies, and figure out how much risk both of you can live with.
If you have trouble sticking to savings and investing, there could be a role for whole life if it forces you to save — you'd just be paying for that additional "incentive" to save. And of course, if you couldn't make the payments, your life insurance would be at risk, whereas with the "term plus savings" option, you could always skip the savings piece if you were really in a jam without threatening the loss of your life insurance.
@dkfrsh way to explain bullshit cash value agents.
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@dkfrsh do you now how you can tell a whole life agent is lying? they are posting !!
Whole life insurance policy is a life policy that contains death benefit plus savings. However, even though there's two products build into one, you only get one of the above. If you die, your beneficiary get the death benefit, but not the savings. If you live to age 98, you get the savings, but you are no longer covered.
Base on what you want, you are better off surrendering the policy and putting it into a Roth IRA. I would invest in aggressive growth fund and growth and income fund. Make sure you invest in the same fund family. For example, if you invest with Legg Mason, stick with Legg Mason funds. That way, when your Legg Mason funds accumulate $25,000 in value, you get sales discount.
But first, I would get a 30 year term insurance and see what your annual premium is (its definetly going to be lower than $1200/year, might be as low as $400/year). If you take the term insurance, then you should surrender your whole life policy and put it into your Roth IRA. But only do this if you qualify for term insurance. "Life insurance is not something you buy, its something you have to qualify for."
After you start your IRA, you should invest the difference (between your whole life and term) each month. Investing each month on the same day of the month lowers your avergage cost per share because on some months, price per share may be high, so you get fewer shares to buy. But on other months, price per share maybe low, so you get more shares. This is called Dollar Cost Averaging.
These guys are great and note when this was taken – March of 2007 – way before the crash of ’08!!! How’s those buy term and invest accounts (which don’t exist) doing now?
That's horrible that you were misled about the cash value and what life insurance main purpose is suppose to be. Well, you already know that cash value doesn't pay out to the beneficiary when the insured dies. Life insurance main purpose is to protect your income in case you die, not as a way to build savings.
Therefore I own term insurance. To be more specific, I own 30 year term with $500,000 coverage. It used to be $150,000, then my financial obligations increased. It only cost me $60/month. If this was a whole life policy, I wouldn't be able to afford $500,000 coverage. It will cost me about $330/month. Right now, there are people dependant on my income, so I need lots of income protection. In case I die over the next 30 years, my family will be able to maintain the same life style for a long time. Not only that, the company I have life insurance with will show my family how to invest the death benefit that can generate monthly income for the family. It is as if I'm still bringing income to the family when I'm dead.
At the same time I own term, I also contribute $100/month into my Roth IRA. If my portfolio continues to earn an average rate of return of 10% (currently its earning 11.1% in the past 5 years), in 30 years I can have approximately: $227,932. In 40 years, it can grow to: $637,678.
Now I sell term insurance and investments to all my clients.
So here is some advice: #1 Dont trust anyone that only pushes one type of insurance, one size DOES NOT FIT ALL #2- stay away from anyone that tries to tell you what you need or should do without knowing your exact goal and situation first. That kind of person is only after a commission and doesnt care about you
And another person steps in to admit they dont know what their talking about. First step to correct a problem is to admit you have one..any way. If you are a person trying to decide on Life Ins and reading all this, you are probably confused. I can only hope you have noticed how closed minded term agents are. Not to mention rude and disrespectful.
An excellent video to watch if you want to learn something is MISSED FORTUNE- DOUGLAS ANDREW: LOCK AND RESET vs THE MARKET Its 3:20 long and he does a fantastic job explaining the IUL. Its a very broad explanation because diff comp use diff indexes and credit you diff %. Everyone have a great Easter weekend!!!!!!!!!!!