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Originally Posted by Dru
Only around 5% of term policies ever pay out. Permanent insurance, besides always being there, can also provide tax deferred growth, investment options, and tax free distribution during retirement, or at any other time cash may be needed. There is no 59.5 rule, or mandatory distributions to worry about. And if you live to be 120 years old, the insurance has been free for the last 20 years, allowing your funds to have maximum growth potential.
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Some great information on this thread. I completely agree about the term insurance, but don't get the wrong idea on term insurance because not all term insurance is created equal.
For example, a common type of term insurance sold by many companies is Annually Renewable Term, which basically means that the premium you pay increases per year as you get older; however, not all Annually Renewable shows an increase to the client until the end of the policy. The option left to the client is either to pay skyrocket premiums by renewing the term they currently had, or convert to a whole life product.
Now another type of term is level term and is not annually renewing. Level term has lower premiums than annually renewable term does on a long term basis. Skyrocket premiums for that 73 year old renewing her 20 year term policy isn't associated with level term insurance. The premiums will be higher, but not at a ridiculous rate that is difficult for the client to afford.
That is basically all I wanted to add Everything else is accurate information