- Term Life Insurance
Most term life insurance quotes are pretty straightforward. They are either level term policies for a given number of years or they are decreasing term policies or increasing premium term policies. They quote you the premiums and the death benefit and then it is left up to you to make your decision.
- Whole Life Insurance
Getting whole life insurance quotes is a different matter. You compare premium quotes from several different top level carriers but that is not the entire story. Companies are not yet at the level where they are prepared to show cash value projections or dividends. I don't think it would be too complex an undertaking to project cash values but my assumptions are that the life insurance companies are weary that the buyer may assume that there is no more to get than the projected cash values.
In other words showing the premium costs and projected cash values alone may make some of the policies look quite unattractive. If they were able to project the dividends in addition to the cash values the policies would look a lot more attractive. The problem here is that dividends are not guaranteed. Projecting them as if they were would not only be unethical but would be outright illegal.
Let us be clear on this, in most cases the owner of the policy is likely to get the dividend projected and considerably more, but the life insurance company cannot give you a written guarantee of that.
- Universal Life Insurance
Showing premiums for universal life policies is pretty similar to what would be done with the whole life policies. The actual situation becomes a little more hairy when we look at the variable universal life policy. As the funds in this policy are invested in mutual funds, stocks, etc. these policies are sold by prospectus. The life insurance companies have to be assured that the prospective buyer has a thorough understanding of what is involved. It is quite possible that the owner of this policy could end up behind the eighth ball as far as return on investment is concerned.
The great thing though is that the buyers of these policies are given a certain period of time to examine the policies after they receive them. They will see all the projections then, guaranteed as well as those that are not guaranteed. If they are dissatisfied they can return the policy to the company and get a full refund.You should, as buyers, therefore have no concern. Get your life insurance quotes and see how it works for you.