Do life insurance companies steal your money?

Are life insurance companies taking advantage of people? Are they overcharging with their premium rates? Is life insurance simply unnecessary evil? These are questions that most of us have asked.

It's almost impossible to defend any major corporation. So in reality the question should not be whether insurance companies are actually taking advantage of people but rather are insurance companies providing an important service for people? The answer to the first question, of course, is yes they are taking advantage of people.

It is probably worth while, however, for us to participate as consumers in the life insurance picture. In its simplest form life insurance is simply a case of spreading risk across a large group of people so you and I might benefit. Of course, in its role as an administrator the life insurance Company probably makes an out better than anyone else but the product or service that they all for is an extremely important one.

I think that in practical terms it is best for us as consumers do not concentrate on how much profit the typical insurance company makes each year but instead focused one how a life insurance policy will benefit us in spite of the insurance companies.

True, some one does have to die early in order to win but for someone who has a responsible and mature love for another person buying a proper life insurance policy is a brilliant and compassionate decision. The reality is that there are many, many cases where individuals have only paid in to a life insurance policy a matter of a few thousand dollars spread over many years which in the end has benefited the beneficiaries to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars and some times $1 million and more.

Yes, it is more frequently true now that both parties in a marriage, for instance, do have full time jobs but that hardly means that the surviving partner will not have a very difficult time financially in the event of death. Most families in America now are multi-income families and very much dependent on that second or third source of income. Especially in today's mortgage market with many people having very high monthly mortgage payments it is very important to be financially secure.

Perhaps the best way to walk that fine line between over paying on a life insurance policy and the need for a reasonable amount of life insurance is to always deal with a local independent agent. While they are going to have as much drive to make money as anyone else at least they are free morally and legally to seek out the best buy for their clients. It's your duty to be sly in working with any agent but again you'll save the most money by dealing with a local agent.

As to our original question regarding whether the purchase of life insurance is a foolish expenditure the simple answer is not when the end result is going to help protect financially someone that you care a lot about. A simple cost and benefit analysis exploring the idea of spending $25, or $50 for a monthly premium in exchange for $100,000 of financial security for a loved one really is a simple decision. It is a wise decision and not a foolish one.

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