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I guess you are on this page because you want a whole life insurance quote. You probably want to see what the premium costs look like. May I be presumptuous enough to suggest that there is a lot more to whole life than most people are even aware of so before you get your whole life insurance quote let me give you a basic sketch of what this policy is all about.

• Longevity

  Whole life insurance, as the name suggests, offers you protection for the rest of your life. In other words, as long as you pay your premiums your policy will remain in force. It can never be taken away from you. You do pay more than you would pay for term insurance but there is a reason for that. Whole life insurance is what you could think about as comprehensive life insurance. It takes care of all eventualities that a life policy could take care of.

• Death Benefit

  When you die, regardless of how you die, the life insurance company pays your beneficiary the full face amount of the policy. If your policy is in force for only one day and you die the full face amount will be paid either in one lump sum or in the form of a monthly income. When you get your whole life insurance quote you decide on a face amount and look at the premium costs.

• Cash Values And Dividends

  If you see a life insurance agent you will get a quote which will include death benefit, cash values and also dividends. What the life insurance company is doing here is showing you that if at some point you want to end your policy there is cash that you can take out of the policy. The cash values are guaranteed. Dividends, however, are not but are based on the performance of the particular company. Cash values and dividends initially are less than your total premium paid but they eventually get to the point where the total of the two will exceed the total premiums paid, that is if you buy your policy through a company that has a proven track record. There are life insurance companies that have never failed to pay a dividend. These are usually the larger companies and these are the ones that are efficiently run and have been from the beginning. They usually avoid getting into too many other types of insurance. They stick with life and disability insurance.

  So feel confident that when you die your family is taken care of financially. If you live a long life and no longer have dependents and you want to cash in your policy you may do so. If you have the policy for a long enough period you will find that you will get back all your money. Your life insurance has cost you nothing.