Not exact matches
The other provides permanent coverage until you die (this can now go up to age 120 + on newer policies; older policies may or may
not have extended maturity dates / maximum ages) and often
accumulates a
cash value over time.
Permanent policies also
accumulate cash value over time, while term policies do
not.
Permanent life insurance can provide premiums that won't go up as you age; plus it builds
cash value that
accumulates over time.
Whole life policies offer you a fixed level premium that won't increase, the potential to
accumulate cash value over time, and a fixed death benefit for the life of the policy.
Similarly, the
cash value in your current policy may also be enough to pay the premiums for a number of years into the future, but that, too, will erode the death benefit
over time, as the loans to pay premiums
accumulate with interest (if you were
not paying some or all of those amounts back to the insurance company).
One of the major advantages of purchasing a single premium paying term is that you do
not have to invest ever year, the
cash value of your one -
time investment gets
accumulated over the years and turns into a huge amount at the
time of maturity.
The other provides permanent coverage until you die (this can now go up to age 120 + on newer policies; older policies may or may
not have extended maturity dates / maximum ages) and often
accumulates a
cash value over time.
Permanent policies also
accumulate cash value over time, while term policies do
not.