That being said, there are some downsides to whole life insurance including inflexible premiums, surrender charges if the client decides he or she no longer wants the policy, and the rate of return
on a whole life insurance policy tends to be lower than other investments.
Since the
insurance company must make a profit, and since they know they will always pay out
on a
whole life policy,
whole life tends to be very expensive, and has lower «death» benefits than a term
policy.