Life Insurance

1. Life Insurance By: Tyler, Maisie, Kenny, & Nikolai

2. What is Life insurance? • What is Life Insurance? • Sum of money received by a beneficiary • Based on monthly payments • How Life Insurance Works • The Insurance Company • Give the beneficiary money when holder passes away • Policy Holder • Makes monthly payments to insurance company • Beneficiary • Receive money after holder passes away

3. Who needs life insurance? • MAY NOT NEED: • no financial dependents and probably will not in the foreseeable future • retired and living off investments or other income sources • A young child, unless child is earning income • NEED: • have dependents (children, spouse, partner, parents living with you, etc.) • have a mortgage or other large debts • have a large or complex estate • own a business or have a partner in a business

4. Why do we need life insurance? • Providing replacement income for your dependents • Create an inheritance for your heirs • Fund a retirement • As an employment benefit • To protect a business against the loss of a key employee • Create Savings for your Spouse or Family Members: • Some types of life insurance create a cash value (can be borrowed or withdrawn on the owner’s request) • To pay your final expenses: • funeral, estate costs, and medical costs not covered by health insurance

5. Risk Factors • Age • Gender • Height & weight • Medical record • Personal habits (smoke, drink, drugs) • Occupation • Credit Rating • Amount of coverage wanted

6. Term Life Insurance • Less $ buys you a larger amount (affordable for young policyholders) • Set period of coverage called “term” • Policies can be cancelled or renewed at end of term • More expensive after each renewal • Does not earn cash value • Can be converted to permanent policy

7. Term: PROS AND CONS PROS CONS • difficult or impossible to get if you are in poor health. • some policies guarantee renewability until specific age.   • high monthly payment if smokes, serious health problems, obese. • at a young age ensures long coverage • low monthly payment

8. Whole Life Insurance • Whole Life Insurance=permanent life insurance protection • Less complicated options • Premiums do not change • Benefits do not change • Earns an accumulates cash value slowly • Offers lifetime coverage • Cannot be converted to a different policy • More costly

9. WhoLE: Pros and Cons Pros Cons • not allowed to choose separate investment accounts • Not good at adapting insurance/retirement plans that change • Savings element (cash value) which grows tax-deferred. • Premiums won’t increase during lifetime

10. Variable Life insurance • Also called Variable Appreciable Life Insurance • Variable life polices build up cash reserve • invest in any choice by insurance company.

11. Variable: Pros and cons PROS CONS • You assume the investment risks. • Can’t withdraw from cash value during lifetime. • Can apply interest earned on investments toward premiums • Potentially lowering the amount you pay.

12. Universal Life insurance • The most costly • Offers lifetime coverage • Cannot be converted to different policy • Flexible payments • Can make changes to benefits based on needs and lifestyle • Earns and accumulates cash value at guaranteed rate • The most options to tailor needs

13. Universal: PROS AND CONS PROS CONS • You assume the investment risks. • Can’t withdraw from cash value during lifetime. • You assume the investment risks. • Can’t withdraw from cash value during lifetime.

15. What does life Insurance cover? • Beneficiary • The money that is paid out from the policy will go to the beneficiary: an estate, spouse, or children. • Charitable causes • Some build a lump sum of money up to donate to a charity. • Final expenses • Covers burial and funeral costs, as well as medical bills not covered under health insurance. • Death taxes • Some use to pay their estate taxes, so that their family doesn't have to liquidate any property to pay the tax bill. • Inheritance • An inheritance is started by naming your policy after the beneficiary. The money earned on this policy will go to the heir. • Dependents • Life insurance is important to your dependents, especially if they solely depend on you financially.

16. Where do I purchase Life Insurance? • Life insurance may be purchased from an insurance company through… • Licensed insurance agent • Internet • Direct mail • Bank

17. Choosing The right one • Three questions present difficulty for most life insurance buyers: • How big of a death benefit do I need? • How long do I need coverage? • Where should I buy life insurance?

18. Term COsts • 25 year old $500,000 coverage- Male: $20.00 Female: $18.00 • 40 year old $500,000 coverage- Male: $40.00 Female: $32.00 • 50 year old 500,000 coverage- Male: $98.00Female: 71.00 • 60 year old $500,000 coverage- Male: $290.00 Female: $190.00

19. WHOLE LIFE COST • Male • Age 50 • 1,390,000 coverage • Whole life • Gensworth Financial • $169 a month • Female • Age 50 • 1,390,000 coverage • Whole life • Gensworth financial • $149 a month • Male • Age 40 • 250000 • Whole life • AIG direct • $15.23 a month • Female • Age 40 • 250000 • Whole life • AIG direct • $12.23 a month

20. Real Life Stories The John Darwin Story- The John Darwin disappearance case was an investigation into the faked death of a former teacher and prison officer John Darwin, who turned up alive in December 2007, five years after he was thought to have died in a canoeing accident.

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