For most people the right answer is term, and it is cheaper than they think.
Personally owned term and permanent life coverage, sized to the debts and the income it has to replace rather than to a formula.
Tell us the situation.
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Send us what you have. We’ll tell you if it’s right.
Your current policy paperwork, a renewal notice, or nothing at all. A licensed agent reads it and replies the same business day.
What life insurance actually covers.
Term life
A fixed benefit over a fixed period of 10, 20 or 30 years.
Without it — The mortgage and the years of income a family was counting on both survive the earner.
Permanent life
Coverage that does not expire, with a cash value that accumulates.
Without it — Term expires, and buying coverage again at 65 costs many times what it did at 35 if it is available at all.
Riders
Waiver of premium, accelerated death benefit, child and conversion riders.
Without it — A terminal diagnosis or a disability leaves the premium payable out of a reduced income.
What clients with life insurance ask us.
Term or permanent?
For most people, most of the time: term. It buys the largest benefit for the smallest premium, and it covers the years when the need is real, while there is a mortgage and children at home. Permanent earns its place for a genuinely permanent need: a special-needs dependant, an estate tax liability, a business buy-sell agreement, or a final-expense policy. Be wary of anyone who reaches for permanent first, because it pays considerably more commission, and be equally wary of dismissing it when the need really does not expire.
How much coverage do I need?
Start with the debts that would remain — the mortgage in particular — then add the income to be replaced for the years it is needed, then any specific costs like education. Ten times income is the usual shorthand and it is a starting point, not an answer: a family with a paid-off house and grown children may need far less, one with a young family and a large mortgage considerably more. Existing group life through an employer counts, but only while you work there, which is the part people forget.
Can my life insurance pay into a living trust?
Yes. Name your revocable living trust as the beneficiary and the death benefit follows the trust’s instructions instead of going through probate, which matters most with young children or a business to keep running. We set up wills and living trusts for clients as well as placing the policy.
Is there a quick way to estimate how much I need?
The Family Plan Check adds your debts, mortgage, years of income and education for each child, subtracts what you already own, and shows the arithmetic beside the range. It also says whether a will or a living trust fits your household.
Commercial insurance is 96% of what we do — it is not a department here, it is the whole business. Not ready to talk? The guides answer the questions this page raises in more depth. Already insured with us and need a certificate or a policy change? Ask the service team rather than starting a quote — it is faster and it goes to the people whose job it is. We also write home and auto, which is usually cheaper alongside the business policy than apart from it.