this
type of insurance provides survivors with means
/cash/ or other benefits. They can cover expenses
as funeral, burial, etc.
Annuities and pensions are called insurance, in case
of outlive they are also sources of finance.
An adjunct to life insurance is total permanent disability
insurance which provides benefit in case when insured
person cannot work anymore in profession he or she
worked before.
Life insurance can cover events as: accidental death,
permanent disability, diagnosis of critical and terminal
illness, etc.
There is difference between insurance and assurance.
Insurance provides to cover events that might happen,
assurance covers events that are certain to happen.
Life insurance can be temporary or permanent. Temporary
or term insurance protects client for a certain period
of time which can be one year or more.
Permanent life insurance has got three types of insurance:
whole life insurance, universal life insurance and
endowment. Each of them brings advantages and also
disadvantages. Premiums in this type of insurance
are higher than in term insurance. Universal life
represents great flexibility. Another very popular
and quite new type of insurance is Limited-pay life
insurance which is paid for certain period of 10 or
20 year, or paid up the age 65 or 70. Endowment insurance
offers insurance which is paid out no matter if insured
liver or dies after certain period /e.g. 20 years/
or certain age /e.g. 70/.
There is possibility to insure accidental death which
is limited life insurance. It does not include suicide
or health problem. This insurance covers accidents
and they are not so expensive.