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About Life Insurance- How it works?

INTRODUCTION Life insurance is a unique product. Like other insurance products, its primary purpose is to protect against loss. But unlike other kinds of insurance products, life insurance isn't for you; it's for your survivors. Life insurance has no uncertainties; if you're covered by a life insurance policy — and the company holding the policy has the resources to pay — you can pretty much bet that someday your survivors will receive a benefit. Knowing how much life insurance coverage to buy isn't an easy decision; evaluating a car or a house is fairly simple, but how do you figure the value of your life?. CHAPTER 1 HOW LIFE INSURANCE DIFFERS FROM OTHER TYPES OF INSURANCE [1] Dispelling life insurance myths [1] Looking at the purposes of life insurance Life insurance is simple, right? You buy a policy to protect your family, you die, your family gets some money. Simple. Direct. Easy. Not so fast. Life insurance is much more complicated than that. This chap