This is policy lasting for a smaller period, usually five years, which can be renewed, although the sum assured cannot be increased, whilst the premiums will increase with age. Renewable increasable term insuranceis the same as above but provides for an increasing sum assured. Convertible term insurance provides the option to convert parts of the sum assured to whole of life, endowment or further term assurance without further medical evidence. Decreasing term insuranceis where the sum assured decreases over time; hence, the premiums are set lower. This is commonly used to cover a mortgage.
Life Insurance Life insurance that remains in force during the insured’s entire lifetime, provided premiums are paid as specified in the policy. Whole life insurance also builds a savings element (called the cash value) as a result of the level premium approach to funding the death benefit. Burial Insurance Burial Insurance, or Final Expense Life Insurance, is essentially a whole life product with small face values. The application process is simple and does not have the associated medical requirements of other policy types.
Survivorship Life Insurance A type of whole life insurance which insures two people and pays benefits only after the second person dies. It is generally designed to provide funds to pay estate taxes. Universal Life Insurance An unbundled whole life insurance product in which the mortality, investment, and expense factors used to calculate premium rates and cash values are expressed separately in the policy. In a universal life insurance policy, any applicable expense charges are deducted from the premium and the remainder of the premium is then credited to the policy’s cash value.
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