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What You Need To Know To Buy Life Insurance Online

So you’re interested in getting life insurance, but you still have some questions. That’s OK. At American National we want to make sure you’re comfortable with your purchase, so we’ve gathered the questions our customers most frequently ask us and answered them. If after reading this page you have additional questions, please contact us directly and we’ll be happy to provide answers for you.

What Are the Different Types of Affordable Life Insurance Products?

While there are many types of life insurance products on the market today, they all fall into two basic categories: term and permanent. 

Buying Term Life Insurance Online

Term is the most basic type of life insurance. It gives you the life insurance coverage you need for a specific period of time at a price that won’t break the bank. Term life insurance provides you with the most protection for the money you have to spend.

The features of our term life insurance include:

• Full Coverage from day one - Once you are approved and your premium is received, you’re protected
   
• Coverage to age 95 - An insurance policy for when you need it most
   
• Premiums guaranteed not to increase during the level premium period - Your premiums won’t increase until after your initial period
   
• The option to convert to a Whole Life Insurance plan - You can change to a Whole Life policy any time within the first 5 years after your policy issue date, but no later than the policy anniversary following your 65th birthday.

Affordable life insurance doesn’t get much better than this. 

Buying Permanent Life Insurance Online

The most well-known form of permanent life insurance is whole life insurance. It offers you dependable protection for your whole life. All you have to do is pay your premiums and not only are you covered, you actually build cash value.  You can even borrow against the cash value of your policy as it increases in worth and use the money for whatever you need it for.

Another form of whole life insurance we provide is guaranteed issue graded benefit life insurance.  Our Legacy^SM Life guaranteed issue/graded benefit life insurance policy is often purchased for people between the ages of 50 and 80 because it will cover the cost of end-of-life expenses and other longer term needs.
 

The features of our whole life insurance policies include:

• Coverage to age 121 - An insurance policy for when you need it most.
   
• Builds Cash Value - Build an asset you and your family can benefit from.
   

Why Purchase Life Insurance?

There are plenty of reasons to purchase life insurance:

• To cover the “what if's” in life
   
• To protect your loved ones and take care of them if anything were to happen to you
   
• To give you one less thing to worry about
   

Most financial experts consider life insurance to be the cornerstone of financial planning. Life insurance can be very valuable, especially in the following situations:

• Replacing your income: You mostly likely have loved ones who depend on you and your income. Life insurance can help replace that income if anything were to happen to you
   
• Covering your debts: Life insurance can be used to pay end-of-life expenses, such as burial and funeral costs, debts and medical expenses not covered by health insurance
   
• Establishing an inheritance for your dependents: Life insurance can provide an inheritance for your loved ones.
• Paying final taxes: You don’t want your family members to have to worry about paying your federal and state estate taxes if something were to happen to you. Life insurance can be used to cover this expense
   
• Contributing to charitable organizations: Name your favorite charity as your beneficiary and you’ll be able to leave them a larger amount of money than if you donated cash from other sources
   

Some life insurance even contains a built-in savings component that accumulates cash on a tax-deferred basis. You can use that cash value for any reason you choose.
 

Who Should Purchase Life Insurance?

Life insurance is one of the best ways to help provide protection for the people who depend on you for financial support. If something happened to you, the people who count on you will lose your income. Life insurance can help cover some or all of that financial loss.

Here are some hints to help you determine your need for life insurance:

Parents: If you have a family, you need to have sufficient insurance to protect them. If something happened to you, your family would be stuck with your debt and unpaid bills. Without your income, who knows what could happen to them. That’s why you need to make sure you’re protected now.

Working Couples: Make sure your spouse doesn’t get stuck with unpaid bills. Protect them with a policy that will replace your income and help make sure your spouse can maintain the lifestyle that you both worked so hard to achieve.

Singles: If you’re caring for elderly parents or others, you should have life insurance. If anything happens to you, the money from your life insurance policy can help provide support for the people you’re caring for.

Retirees: If you’re retired or will soon retire, you want to relax, not worry about who will provide for your family if and when. Get the protection you need to make retirement a stress-free time in your life.
 

How Much Life Insurance Coverage Should I Purchase?

Before you get a life insurance quote or apply for life insurance coverage you should first determine how much life insurance you need.

For example, do you know how much cash and income your dependents will need if you’re no longer around to provide for them? Your life insurance coverage for you and your spouse should come as close to that amount as you can possibly afford.

Once you know how much you need, you’ll also want to consider:

Are you supporting a family?

A long-standing rule of thumb is that your total life insurance benefit should equal 5 to 7 times your annual gross income. That amount will protect your family and ensure they keep the protection for the long-term.

Are you looking to pay for funeral expenses?

Decide what kind of funeral you would like to have and do some research on how much it will cost. Then purchase that amount of life insurance coverage or a little higher to account for rising funeral costs.

The key thing to remember when you purchase life insurance is this: if you can’t afford the coverage you need, purchase what you can afford now and work your way up to your desired amount as you have more available income. Even a small amount of life insurance can help ease the transition that your family will undergo without you.

Whether you’re buying your first policy or supplementing what you already have, American National has made it as convenient as possible to get the low cost life insurance you need.
 

American National Provides up to $250,000 of Term Life Insurance With No Medical Exams

Our term life insurance gives you the protection you need at an affordable price. Coverage is subject to age limitations and acceptance is based on how you answer a few simple health questions on our online form.  We make it easy NOT to put off protecting your family's future until tomorrow.

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