Term Life Insurance Review and Why You Need This!

With so many different types of life insurance out there my hope is to give a high level overview and make it presentable here so you can choose what’s right for you and your family.

  • Unless you are financially independent with millions and billions of dollars to your name and no debt, YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED LIFE INSURANCE!
  • Never buy a financial product you do not understand! Got it? So let’s get started.
  • What is term life insurance? Well one definition is, “life insurance that pays a benefit in the event of the death of the insured during a specified term.”
  • Basically life insurance that is effective for a certain amount of years from 1 to 5 to 20 to 30 years.
  • Nowadays you can find some insurance companies that offer term periods as long as 35 years!
  • What’s so great about term life insurance?
  • You’re typically going to pay a significant amount less than most other life insurance products. Term life insurance products are about 10-20 times less than term permanent life insurance products.
  • Allows you to diversify your investment portfolio and build wealth.
  • If you’re a 30 year old male and in good health you can get a $1,000,000 dollar 30-year term life insurance policy for as low as $60/month.
  • One of the downsides could be that term life insurance is temporary insurance.
  • There are mainly two types of term life insurance to choose from. Level term life insurance and annual renewable term life insurance.
  • With level term you simply pay a flat fee for the term of the policy.
  • Annual renewable term provides coverage one year at a time up to a certain age which varies from state to state.
  • For example, in New York the maximum age is 80.
  • One major benefit of annual renewable term is you have the option to renew the policy without having to take a medical exam.
  • There is another type of annual renewable term life insurance policy called decreasing term insurance which provides a death benefit that decreases over the life of the policy, but not common.
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  • Make sure to get multiple quotes before settling for one insurance product.

Matt

Hi! I'm Matt, an engineer on the path to financial independence and early retirement. One of my greatest passions is to teach and give people the tools and knowledge to reach their full potential in life. Subscribe to the Habesha Finance newsletter and get your FREE financial checklist today!