10 Year, 15 Year, 20 Year, 25 Year And 30 Year Term Life PoliciesThese
term policies
would be used to protect the survivors if the breadwinner, or breadwinners, should die. The length of the term would depend on what you want to accomplish. Usually you want to replace your income with income coming from the death benefit of the policy. You may also want all or part of this life insurance income to be paid to your spouse for the rest of her life.
You count the years starting with the age of the youngest child to the point when he or she graduates college. The life insurance company will help you determine how much insurance will be required to provide the income payable to your spouse for the rest of her life after the children graduate.
These policies can also be used to provide funds to restart a
sole proprietorship
after you die. That is if a family member wants to continue the business, for example. They can also be used to fund buy sell agreements in a
corporation or a partnership.
The
term life insurance
plan would depend on the thinking of the thinking of the principals in the the particular businesses. It would depend on how far ahead they project, how far ahead they plan.