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Term Life Insurance Over Whole Life Insurance Policy

Like everything else in this world, even the way we get ourselves insured has changed. Take whole life insurance, for example. Originally planned to span several years, and ultimately culminating in the policy holder's passing away, this plan intended to benefit the deceased person's loved ones have been adjusted to accommodate the ever changing demands of the modern world's economic evolution.

As time moved on, different points of view regarding the execution of the whole life insurance policy emerged and these, eventually, changed the way this policy has been carried out since. If we were to refer to its literal meaning, "whole life" would mean the policy holder's entire natural life up to the point of his death. Nowadays, insurance companies have come up with a way to keep up with the growing longevity of human life. In India, for example, there are now options to take out a 'whole life insurance plan' for 25 or 50 or 80 years, depending on the customer's preference. If you think about it, this is a direct contradiction of what this policy is all about. No one can 'plan' to live for only 25 or 50 or 80 years, can they? This is why the phrase "Term Insurance" was coined for this kind of coverage.

To give you a better understanding, and to differentiate between the two, let us take a moment shed light on the comparison.

Whole Life Insurance

* Plans that provide coverage for the entire time the policy holder is alive and ends only in the event of his death

For as long as the policy holder is alive, the insurance plan remains intact. The policy terminates when the policy holder expires and benefits will then be passed on to the surviving beneficiaries.

* Higher monthly payments

* Premiums do not increase as the policy ages

* Builds value

Term Insurance

* Plans that provide coverage for a specific amount of time

This means that the plan is temporary and will only be active over a few years, after which the beneficiaries and/or the policy holder will able to receive the benefits of the plan.

* Lower premiums

* Premiums may increase as policy ages

* Does not build value

These are just few points one must consider before taking out a life insurance policy. There are undoubtedly more than a few others more that you need to take into account since this is no small undertaking. The decision to take out insurance on a person's life is a decision to live in preparation for whatever there is to come afterward. It is a conscious resolve to dedicate what we have been working hard for in this life to those that we will leave behind when it's over. Whichever one we choose will reflect highly on our convictions, and family is one of the strongest ones we could ever have.

By: Sameer_Ujwal

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