Life Insurance Alternatives Over 50

Posted by Mark Alter

March 12, 2010

Can a person in their middle years or senior years still buy life insurance? If you are over 50, or if you are caring for an older person, you can find a wide choice of products. Since statistics show that Americans are living longer and healthier lives, insurers are willing to extend affordable coverage to older people. Most middle aged and older people can still find life insurance policies.

Why are baby boomers and seniors looking for policies? At thirty or forty, a lot of us bought a twenty or thirty year term life insurance policy. That seemed like plenty of time to save money, get our kids educated, and pay off our mortgage. We figured that by the time we were fifty or sixty, we would have everything in order, and we would not need coverage any more.

How did that idea work out for you? In many cases, it did not work all that well. Our kids took longer to get off on their own than we planned. Maybe they haven came back home, and maybe they have their own kids now. Those mortgages we planned to pay off are still there because we moved or took out another loan to cover some expenses. And job losses or other problems meant that our savings just never really grew like we thought they would.

You may also think that we should already have coverage by the time we get to middle age. Most of us did have some sort of policy in our lives. But our term policies may have expired after 20 or 30 years. Thankfully we outlived them! Or we may have had coverage from a group policy at work. But we left that job long ago because we quit or retired. So now we find ourself older, but without any coverage.

Who buys life insuramce after 50? People have different reasons for wanting a policy. You must understand your options, what different insurance can do for you, and then you will be able to buy the right coverage for you.

If a person is sure they just want coverage, they may consider another term policy. It will probably be much cheaper than whole life. A middle aged person, or even a younger senior, may still find affordable term life. These lower premiums are important to consider.

You may want to find a term policy that you can convert to whole life later. These will not require you to prove you are healthy as long as you make the conversion within the specified time limit. That way you can have cheaper term now, and you can have the option to covert to a whole life insurance policy later!

Even though it costs more, whole life has some benefits. The price will be lower at sixty than it will be at seventy, so you can lock that in now. You will also have the opportunity to build an asset for yourself, or for your estate. You should explore the benefits of permanent coverage before you decide against it.

You probably want to compare premiums too. No policy will do you any good if you cannot pay for it. A financial or insurance professional should be able to help you explore your options. They should be willing to listen to your needs, and then offer you alternatives.

Would you like to run some online quotes for 50+ life insurance ?

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