I’m on a tight budget. I need to find affordable life insurance for my family in Baton Rouge. What type of insurance should I get?
Arlene
Baton Rouge LA
You do not need to worry about not being able to get a life insurance for your family in Baton Rouge. Life insurance companies offer various insurance products to accommodate the different needs and financial capabilities of people.
There are 2 main types of life insurance being offered by insurance companies. One type is the term life insurance which provides purely life insurance – meaning the beneficiaries can only get death benefits once you died. Term life insurance will only cover the insured person for the length of years stated in the policy. The other type of insurance is the permanent life insurance which provides death benefit to the beneficiaries and cash value which the insured person can take advantage of while he or she is alive. And, as its name suggests, permanent life insurance coverage is life time.
Because of its investment element, permanent life insurance would come as more expensive. So for a more affordable life insurance, you should go for term life insurance. It can already provide you with the basic death benefit which is the most important part of life insurance.
If you think that in exchange of getting an affordable life insurance in Baton Rouge, you give up the chance of getting cash value from your term life insurance. Then, you are wrong. Because some life insurance companies offers a ‘return of premium’ option to the buyers. What does return of premium means? It means that for a little additional amount to your term plan premium, you will get cash value, which is equal to the amount of policy, once your term period ended and you are still alive. The rules on return of premium may vary from one insurer to another.
If you want to get a permanent life insurance but can only afford a term life insurance at the moment, then look for term plan that has convertibility provisions. Convertibility provisions allow the term life insurance policy holder to exchange its existing term contract for a permanent life plan but within a specific time frame. Term plan proves to be affordable life insurance but not necessarily with limited benefits.