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Whole life policies take care of the biggest problem with term life insurance. Instead of the policy only lasting until the end of a specific period of time, your whole life policy will offer coverage to you until you pass away, regardless of how long that is.

This allows you to guarantee that your family and other loved ones will be taken care of as you wish without having to worry about whether the term of your life insurance will lapse before that time. If you only want your life insurance to provide coverage for you until your retirement fund kicks in or you’re trying to make sure that your family will be provided for while the kids are still living at home, then you would probably better off with a term life insurance policy.

Whole life insurance policies are generally more expensive than term life, and if the cost of the insurance that you buy is going to be a major factor then it’s important to make sure that you can afford the whole life premiums. An increasing number of whole life policies are being offered with locked-in premium rates so that they won’t continue to increase with time, but you should still make sure that you’re getting a rate you’ll be able to afford over the years before locking it in.