Term life insurance rates are lower
initially than whole life insurance rates.
Not exact matches
Initially, the premiums paid on cash value
insurance, such as
whole life insurance rates, are higher
than those associated with term
insurance, given that term
insurance payments are used just to pay for current
insurance coverage and not to build up cash value in the policy.
While
initially cheaper
than permanent
life insurance (see our
whole life insurance rates chart), term
life insurance policies have some down side.
One very compelling reason to buy term
life insurance is that term
life insurance rates can be
initially lower
than whole life rates.
Permanent
life insurance (e.g.
whole life insurance, term to 100, and universal
life) has premiums that are
initially higher
than term
life insurance, but because the premiums remain level for
life are actually less expensive over the long term.
Premiums for
whole life insurance can be much higher
than premiums you would pay
initially for the same amount of term
insurance, but they are smaller
than the premiums you would eventually pay if you were to keep renewing a term
insurance policy until the insured's later years.
Whole life insurance premiums are generally higher
initially than those for term
life insurance because the premiums are guaranteed to stay the same for the
life of the policy.
Many people
initially overlook the rising cost of
insurance because universal
life insurance is less expensive
than whole life insurance.
Term
life is just like renting your
insurance and is less expensive
initially than whole life.