{"id":72,"date":"2023-11-17T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tdmins.com\/blog\/?p=72"},"modified":"2023-11-30T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T00:38:35","slug":"how-term-life-insurance-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tdmins.com\/blog\/how-term-life-insurance-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How Term Life Insurance Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always a good idea to have a life insurance policy in order to leave something behind for your beneficiaries. This is especially important if they rely on you for your income. Having a life insurance policy can save your loved ones from financial harm once you&#8217;re gone. There are two main types of this insurance- term life and whole life. Term life is a relatively simple type of insurance that is popular for a number of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re interested in a term life policy, contact us at&nbsp;T.D. McNeil Insurance Services in&nbsp;Folsom, CA.<\/p>\n<h2>Term Life Basics<\/h2>\n<p>A term life insurance policy is one that is in place for a certain term of time. This may be ten years, 20, or any other amount of time. During this period, the life insurance policy is in force and will pay a death benefit to your beneficiaries if you pass away during that time. However, at the end of the term, if you haven&#8217;t passed away, the policy expires. After that, you have to seek out another policy if you want to be insured again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>How It&#8217;s Different<\/h3>\n<p>This type of life insurance is very different from the other type, known as whole life. While whole life policies never expire, a term life policy has a clear expiration date from the beginning. Whole life policies also create a cash value that builds over time and allows policyholders to borrow that amount. Term life doesn&#8217;t build this value. 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