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What You Need to Know About Life Insurance
Life insurance provides peace of mind while you're alive, as well as security for your family after death. When purchased through everyday life insurance , life insurance provides a contract between them and yourself in which an insurer agrees to pay out a lump sum known as a death benefit upon your passing to cover funeral costs and expenses, debt payments or cover daily living costs or even put your children through college.

Your choice of life insurance depends on both your needs and budget. There are two main forms - temporary term life coverage (sometimes called short-term or temporary term insurance) and permanent universal life coverage (often called permanent term). While term policies can be bought as individual policies or through employers or groups you belong to; universal life requires more involved applications that are often sold by independent agents; depending on which policy type is selected there may be many flexible death benefits, cash value accumulation options, as well as premium payment flexibility available depending on its terms.

Understanding life insurance features and their features can help you make informed decisions for you and your family. Here are some key facts about life insurance:

Term Life Insurance
In general, term life policies feature set premium payments and expire after an agreed-upon term (usually 30 years). At death, benefits equal the face amount less any outstanding premiums; some term policies can even be converted to whole life policies without changing premium payments.

Permanent life insurance: the basics with permanent policies consists of investing your premiums to generate returns that increase your death benefit, or may contribute towards creating cash value you can use or leave as an inheritance; some death benefits may even be tax-free if taken as income.

Beneficiaries are those named on your life insurance policy when purchasing it who will receive its death benefit after you pass. You can designate multiple beneficiaries and determine their respective percentage shares of it; additionally, it is prudent to name contingent beneficiaries should any primary ones die first.

Life Insurance Claims Should the insured die, their beneficiary will need to submit acceptable proof of his or her death to their insurer in order to collect a death benefit. Depending on your policy terms and terms, there may be a contestability period during which insurers have the right to investigate how your deceased died and any information submitted on an application form for life insurance claims; any misrepresentations can cause the claim to be denied and the beneficiary could lose access to any benefits that were due.
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