Uses Of Life Insurance Products
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Life insurance is available as it provides funds for the surviving spouse and dependents in the event of of the premature death of the breadwinner. A family income benefit policy will provide income to replace lost insurance from the date of death of the insured until the end of the policy term.
Funeral life insurance policies are also called last expense policies. Assurances on policies can be used to cover the insured’s funeral costs and similar expenses in respect of family and dependents. They can be sold on a stand alone basis to cater for funeral expenses by paying out cash lump sums in the event of the death of the policy owner. The policy can also be sold as a riders with term whole life on endowment/personal accident policies.
These are collective life insurance policies usually taken by employers to provide a benefit to the dependents of employees who are in service. Lives assured are covered for as long as they remain part of the group and ceases once they leave employment.
Endowment policies is a life cover for a fixed period and the sum assured is payable on deal within the period or if no death occurs, the sum insured is paid at the end of the policy duration, that is at maturity. An endowment insurance policy is a savings type of cover under which the sum insured is payable at maturity.
The policy builds a tax free fund outside the policyholder’s estate so that it will be available for the beneficiaries and/or the policy holder on maturity or death. Some insurance paid on maturity or even death will have a profit element to it and benefits paid under life policies are usually tax free.
In relation to life insurance, one has unlimited insurable interest in one’s own life and may effect a life policy for any amount of sum assured, this being limited only by the individual’s ability to pay premiums. A person likewise has unlimited insurable interest in the life as a spouse. Other blood relations do not create insurable interests. Where insurable interest is created, it is limited to the likely financial loss if a partner /debtor dies.
Term life insurance is the oldest form of life insurance practice. Payment of sum insured is only made if the life assured dies within the time specified in the policy. If death does not occur during that period, no payment is made and the insured does not usually receive a return of payments made.
