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Term Life Insurance Definition
By: Greg Haehl
Term Life insurance has been with us for a long time. It is the least expensive
of all the life insurance policies. Term life insurance is life insurance that
provides protection for the named insured over a stated period of time. That is
what differentiates it from other forms of life insurance. Term insurance has no
equity or cash value accumulation and so it is primarily purchased for the
security provided by the death benefit. There are three basic forms of term life
insurance.
1. Decreasing Term – This policy is most commonly associated with mortgage
protection insurance. The face amount decreases over a stated period of time. A
thirty year mortgage for a homeowner is appropriately insured by a thirty year
decreasing term policy for the same mortgage amount. The mortgage balance and
the term policy decrease at about the same rate and so the homeowner can be
assured that his home will be paid for whether he or she lives or dies.
2. Level Term – Level term insurance also provides protection for a specific
time period. The face amount remains level throughout the stated period. This
policy is often purchased for short term debt or intermediate term debt. You can
purchase 5, 10, 15 and 20 year term policies from most insurance companies.
3. Annual Renewable – This form of term insurance is the least recognized of all
term policies. It provides a level amount of insurance but the premium increases
each year at the policy renewal date. The premiums can be very low at first but
can escalate into very high premiums as the insured gets older.
All of these term life insurance policies have there advantages but the common
denominators that give term life insurance its definition remains the same. The
policy is always for a stated period of time and there is no equity or cash
value accumulations. Those two features define term life insurance.
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