If you're shopping for life insurance you may be wondering about the differences between accidental death insurance and term life insurance.

Accidental death life insurance plans provide a death benefit if the insured person dies as a result of an accident without a specific timeframe of the accident.

Whereas, term life insurance pays out a death benefit if the insured person dies during the term (duration) of the policy, and if the death occurs as a result of natural causes, illness or an acci...

Unlike traditional life insurance that provides a death benefit only in the event of the death of the life insurance policyholder, accidental death and dismemberment insurance provides additional coverage in the event the policyholder becomes permanently injured in a number of specific ways.

This type of policy traditionally pays a certain benefit for the loss of limbs, with a specific dollar figure assigned to each type of lost limb.

Many companies provide this type of cover...