You can name any person, business, or organization as your beneficiary who is a relative, a charity, and/or has an insurable interest (would suffer financial loss if you were to pass away).

You are not required to name your spouse as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy. 

You as the owner of the life insurance plan can choose who you wish to be the one who receives the death benefit from your life insurance policy. Learn more about the beneficiary of a life insurance pol...

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Why do people buy whole life insurance?

There are a few common reasons most people purchase a whole life insurance policy.

1. To provide lifetime life insurance protection.

2. To build up cash value in a life insurance policy over time from which they may be able to take a loan if needed.

3. Because they are older and don;t have any money saved to pay for their funeral and burial expenses.

Otherwise, many people choose to buy term life insurance because it costs a lot less, and provides the most l...
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Yes, you can get life insurance on other people.

There must be insurable interest as defined by economic loss at the demise of the policy insured.

That means, you must suffer some financial loss of the insured person were to die, or you rely on the insured person for some means of financial support.

If no such financial liability can be established the life insurance company will deny the application. Unrelated parties with no business nor personal economic relationship cannot ...

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