Ryan Patterson is president of US Insurance Online based in Austin, TX. He graduated in 2000 from the University of Texas with a combined business and computer science degree, and started the company in May of 2005 with fellow entrepreneur Jim Waltrip. The recently re-launched site is designed to provide insurance shopping help and free insurance quotes. For assistance finding a whole life insurance plan, visit www.USInsuranceOnline.com
Securing quality term or whole life insurance coverage is important, especially if there are people in your life whose financial stability depends on your income. Many financial experts even consider life insurance to be the foundation of sound financial planning. Find out six reasons why you should purchase whole life insurance or term life insurance to protect your family and loved ones.
1. Income for Dependents
If people in your life depend on your income for financial support, having a whole life insurance or term life insurance policy in place will protect them in the event of your death. Life insurance can replace your income for your dependents so they aren't left bearing the financial burden of an income lost through death. This applies most often to parents with young children, but is also applicable to couples if the death of one partner would leave the survivor financially stricken. If your parents, adult children, or siblings are your dependents, life insurance can also provide replacement income to benefit them. And, if your surviving spouse or domestic partner's government or employer-sponsored benefits will see a reduction after your death, having life insurance to replace your income can definitely be useful.
2. Coverage for Final Expenses
Funeral and burial costs can be expensive, but your life insurance can cover the costs. Carefully planned life insurance will also provide funds to cover mortgages and other expenses. Debts and medical expenses not covered by health insurance can also be covered by your life insurance. Life insurance offers protection to the dependents you leave behind, since it can sometimes be utilized as a cash resource.
3. Create Inheritance
Life insurance can allow you to create an inheritance for your immediate relatives or heirs. Even if you don't have any other significant assets to pass onto your surviving family or loved ones, you can create an inheritance by naming your heirs as beneficiaries in your life insurance policy.
4. Pay Estate Taxes
Rather than leaving your surviving family to take a smaller inheritance or do away with some assets, have a quality life insurance policy in place so the benefits can pay estate taxes. Some life insurance plans provide tax free cash that can be used to pay estate taxes and death duties.
5. Create Source of Savings
Your life insurance can become a sort of savings plan since some types of insurance can create a cash value that is available for withdrawal upon the owner's request. Another benefit of this "forced" savings plan is that the interest credited is tax deferred, and if the money is paid as a death claim, the interest can be tax exempt (www.iii.org).
6. Make Charitable Contribution
By naming a charity as a beneficiary of your life insurance, you can make a larger contribution than if you donated the cash equivalent of your policy's premiums. Donating a term life insurance policy allows you to deduct the cost of the premiums from your taxes. And, if you donate a whole life policy, you can deduct the cash value of the policy and the cost of the whole life insurance premiums. In both cases, after you die, the charity you select gets the insurance policy proceeds.
Plan ahead and ensure that you have a quality life insurance plan in place to protect your family.
1. Income for Dependents
If people in your life depend on your income for financial support, having a whole life insurance or term life insurance policy in place will protect them in the event of your death. Life insurance can replace your income for your dependents so they aren't left bearing the financial burden of an income lost through death. This applies most often to parents with young children, but is also applicable to couples if the death of one partner would leave the survivor financially stricken. If your parents, adult children, or siblings are your dependents, life insurance can also provide replacement income to benefit them. And, if your surviving spouse or domestic partner's government or employer-sponsored benefits will see a reduction after your death, having life insurance to replace your income can definitely be useful.
2. Coverage for Final Expenses
Funeral and burial costs can be expensive, but your life insurance can cover the costs. Carefully planned life insurance will also provide funds to cover mortgages and other expenses. Debts and medical expenses not covered by health insurance can also be covered by your life insurance. Life insurance offers protection to the dependents you leave behind, since it can sometimes be utilized as a cash resource.
3. Create Inheritance
Life insurance can allow you to create an inheritance for your immediate relatives or heirs. Even if you don't have any other significant assets to pass onto your surviving family or loved ones, you can create an inheritance by naming your heirs as beneficiaries in your life insurance policy.
4. Pay Estate Taxes
Rather than leaving your surviving family to take a smaller inheritance or do away with some assets, have a quality life insurance policy in place so the benefits can pay estate taxes. Some life insurance plans provide tax free cash that can be used to pay estate taxes and death duties.
5. Create Source of Savings
Your life insurance can become a sort of savings plan since some types of insurance can create a cash value that is available for withdrawal upon the owner's request. Another benefit of this "forced" savings plan is that the interest credited is tax deferred, and if the money is paid as a death claim, the interest can be tax exempt (www.iii.org).
6. Make Charitable Contribution
By naming a charity as a beneficiary of your life insurance, you can make a larger contribution than if you donated the cash equivalent of your policy's premiums. Donating a term life insurance policy allows you to deduct the cost of the premiums from your taxes. And, if you donate a whole life policy, you can deduct the cash value of the policy and the cost of the whole life insurance premiums. In both cases, after you die, the charity you select gets the insurance policy proceeds.
Plan ahead and ensure that you have a quality life insurance plan in place to protect your family.
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