Whether you are a parent-to-be or one of a pubescent pain in the posterior, it is a fair comment to make that your one concern is the health and well-being of your beautiful babies, regardless of their age. With this in mind, the various life insurance policies available from the pre-natal stages right through to when your ‘baby’ passes through puberty should be given ample consideration.
As morbid as it may sound, especially when mentioned in relation to the young it is still a potential protecting factor that may not have appeared as an option. Due to living in a nation that is overwhelmingly superstitious, where ‘jinxing’ a life is taken to be a serious possibility, especially when it comes to that of an unborn child even talking about child life insurance brings on a shun-full sense of guilt. Think of the advice not to mention your pre-natal check-ups until the baby is at least 3 months old. Believe it or not this ‘medical advice’ has superstitious origins!
Superstitious or not the desire to protect your child from when it can only be seen on a screen right through to the screaming stages and beyond is inherent and cannot be denied. It is for this reason that when child life insurance is made available it is your child’s benefit to at least look through the leaflet, maybe you’ll be bowled over by its potential to protect both your peace of mind and offer your child levels of health care it will never receive from the our public health system.
Unfortunately, sickness is a sour reality, she is not selective nor is she sensitive to age or location. Regardless of how well the pre-natal check-up have been, there is still the chance that complications will occur when baby blesses us with its presence and it is this possibility that child life insurance proves to be priceless. Knowing that regardless of what illness may befall your bundle of joy, the moment it enters this world they will have access to the best medical care available. Surely this is the most loving gesture money can buy?
That said another unfortunate reality is that of death and the grip he is willing to extend to anyone at any time. Death sadly is all around us and he is far from a soul that is sensitive to age, location or social status. Couple that with the undeniable connection you will have formed with your baby, and in the unfortunate event that your baby is visited upon by death, there is comfort to be drawn from knowing that on top of that loss you will not have to worry about the bills related to the bereavement you have just endured.
There are two types of child insurance policies available; term and whole life, as with adult life insurance they have different implications. Whole child life insurance, will usually have lower monthly payments as the premium is paid over a longer period of time. However, utilising the sizeable savings section of the policy would invariably increase those payments. A policy of this kind is an attractive option as it can take into consideration eventualities such as higher education and can be as far reaching as retirement.
The other lucrative level of cover is that of term child life insurance, this one in particular is useful if you want to provide assets for your children when they cross certain milestones. These policies usually come with a larger premium over a shorter period of time and can remain in effect for usually between 10 and 15 years.
As long as you are working 20 hours or more per week life insurance is a benefit, few parents would like to be without. As mentioned above, if you are looking for child life insurance that has all the health benefits as well as the asset appeal, term life insurance is the better option, that said always talk over with your advisor over specifically what you want your child’s life insurance to do for both you and them, in the present and the future. By doing this you ensure you receive the relative information that will insure your relatives for the essential eventualities.
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