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What is life insurance ?

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Well life insurance is a very straight forward and simple product in comparison to the majority of protection products out there available on the market. It is can be a cheap and easy way of giving peace of mind if the worse were to happen and you passed away. With life insurance from the outset you specify the amount of benefit you would like to revieve. A lot of people make this amount of money the same as the outstanding amount on their mortgage. Then if they were to pass away they have peace of mind that the mortgage is paid for those left behind. After all those left behind will be distraught enough without the added worry of if the roof over their heads is secure. Another popular use for life insurance is where a specific sum is paid to make up for lost income. If a husband or wife were to die and the partner remaining maybe left without an income. The life insurance would pay lump sum and make up for this.

The mortgage version of life insurance is often a cheaper alternative than the family version. This is due to the sum assured decreasing alongside the outstanding mortgage amount. The mortgage will always get paid using this method. The family version that is also known as level life insurance or term life insurance can be more expensive and will pay a constant level lump sum.