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Life insurance is a type of insurance policy provides coverage till the policy
wherein the insured pays a premium for a matures. A policy is said to mature when
period (often lifetime) and the life the person reaches a fixed age or dies.
insurance company provides insurance The policyholder needs to pay premium for
coverage against the risk of death. There the entire period. This type of policy
are many types of life insurances or accumulates a cash value. The
assurance (in the UK) available today. policyholder can withdraw or borrow the
Basics: There are 4 parties in any life money or surrender the policy to receive
insurance policy. The policyholder is the surrender value. There are 3 types of
one who is buying the policy, the insured permanent life insurances.
is the one against whose death the policy 2.1 Whole life insurance. This has a
is made, the insurer that is the level premium and corresponding cash
insurance company and finally the value. Upon death of the insured, the
beneficiary is the person who will get beneficiary receives the death benefit
the proceedings of the life insurance only and not the cash value. The policy
policy. It is mandatory that the owner can borrow loans on the cash value.
policyholder should have a legitimate 2.2 Universal life insurance. This has a
reason for insuring a persons life. flexible premium and gives higher
Types of Life Insurances: internal rate of return. The policy has a
1. Temporary Life insurance.This policy cash account depending upon the premium.
is also called term life insurance that The surrender value equals the cash
has coverage for a fixed period of time. account balance.
The policyholder needs to pay a premium 2.3 Variable Universal life insurance.
for a fixed period of time for which the This is similar to universal life
insurance company provides insurance insurance with cash account. However the
coverage. This type of policy does not money is invested by the insurance
accumulate cash value. company in mutual funds for a greater
2. Permanent Life Insurance. This type of return.






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