New Parents & The Need for Life Insurance
If you and your partner recently welcomed a newborn baby into your lives, you may have started asking yourselves, should you get life insurance when you have a baby? Although the question of life insurance for new parents may sometimes feel complex, there are a few basic benefits that could help you determine whether you should start researching a policy for your family. Securing extensive Life Insurance after the birth of your child could help provide financial security, an additional safety net, a potential replacement for lost family income, and more. Here’s what new parents should know about determining their need for a life insurance policy.
A Life Policy Could Help Your Child Fulfill Future Financial Obligations
Perhaps one of the most common reasons many new parents opt to find a life insurance policy for their family is because the payout on these policies may help your child fulfill his or her future financial obligations in your absence. Should you or a spouse pass away, your beneficiary may be able to use the payout to cover expenses such as:
- College tuition or student loan repayments
- Home mortgage debt
- Automotive loans
- Credit card and/or other consumer debt
- Business loans
Both Term and Whole-Life Policies Could Offer Benefits for New Parents
For new parents, both term and whole-life policies have distinct potential benefits. If you’re not sure about the difference between the two policy categories, keep in mind that:
- A whole-life policy provides coverage until you or your spouse (or, in some cases, both of you) pass away
- A term life policy offers protection within a certain time frame specified in your contract
- Both term and whole-life policies can offer crucial coverage to new parents concerned about leaving behind a strong financial situation for their beneficiaries
Life Insurance Could Offer a Safety Net if One Parent Stays at Home
If you or your spouse stays at home full time with the new child, or wishes to, life insurance could provide an essential safety net. A term or whole-life policy could offer your family:
- A replacement for lost future income
- A financial safety net to provide a gap until the remaining parent finds work
- The possibility for the current stay-at-home parent to continue providing childcare
As a new parent, you may be giving serious consideration to the prospect of securing a Life Insurance policy for the first time. Before you begin researching potential policies, you may want to work through these quick facts to determine whether life insurance coverage would be beneficial for your family at this moment. Consider your current and future financial obligations, your preference for term or whole-life policies, and the benefits of having a safety net to help guide you to the best choice for your new family.
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