Understanding Life Insurance Needs

Most of us don’t think about life insurance until we are older or until we have our first child.  There are many reasons everyone should have life insurance, but the question is always how much cover to do you need from the life insurance?  The thing about life insurance is that it is supposed to cover any debts you may leave behind in the event of your death.  You want to have enough coverage with life insurance that the person who inherits is not going to have to clear up your debts with their own money.  Also if you are married and have a mortgage you are going to want some type of life insurance that can cover you in the event of death. 

Certain life insurances will actually pay out the amount left on a mortgage to help the bereaved.  So when you add up all of your current debts from credit cards to mortgages, and include any medical coverage you may need you should have a final figure that works for the time being.  Obviously as you grow older and some of your debts are paid off you can change the figure or add to it if need be.