Is Term Life Right for me?
You will have heard the life insurance pitch, that it’s the responsible and loving thing to provide for your family. The cold hard facts are that life insurance buys time for those close to you to discover their own way forward once you are gone.
How long would your family take to get back to ‘normal’ if you weren’t around? Normal might be something that they never find again….
When you are deciding if term life insurance is right for you we recommend considering all the things that your family will go through, grief, loss, and possibly financial hardship or turmoil. Having term life insurance cannot help them with their grief or loss but it can eliminate or substantially reduce financial hardship and provide a solid base for your family to move forward without you.
Term Life Insurance = Options
By providing for your family with term life insurance you are giving them options. These options could include paying off the mortgage on the family home, time out for your partner to stay at home with your children while they adjust to life without you or perhaps a family holiday that allows them to get away and grieve together.
When you are deciding if term life insurance is right for you consider what you would like to happen in an ‘ideal world’ if you weren’t there to provide for and support your family. Would you want to provide for your children’s education or your partners retirement and provide them with an ongoing income so that they could choose if they went back to work, and when? Having an insurance plan in place gives you a measure of control if things don’t go to plan.
Other Considerations
As well as considering if term life insurance is right for you it’s important to give consideration to other areas. If you needed an expensive operation how would you fund it? (medical insurance), if you got sick tomorrow and couldn’t work for 12 months how would you pay your mortgage or cover your living expenses (income protection).
When thinking about how much insurance you need or whether term life insurance is right for you there is a lot to consider and a lot at stake that’s why we recommend talking to a specialist insurance adviser who can help you assess the risks that you and your family face and to choose the right insurance for you.
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