If you're considering the purchase of term life insurance, then deciding how long you need your term policy to last is one of the most important questions to consider before selecting a policy.

Make sure you figure out your longest financial obligation you want to protect with your life insurance, and then choose a policy duration (term) that helps you accomplish that goal.

Learn more about how long your term life insurance should last.

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Term life insurance is a type of life insurance policy that provides temporary protection lasting for a specific number if years.

Usually, term life offers coverage for a period of 1 to 30 years.

Most life insurance policies for term life coverage are either 10 or 20 years in duration.

However, you may be able to choose a policy "term" of 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30 years, depending on your age.

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The "term" of your term life insurance policy is the amount of time you have life insurance protection.

You choose a "term" when you purchase your term life policy.

The common "terms" available for term life are for a period of 10, 15, 20 or 30 years.

So, if you bought a 20 year term life policy, you would pay your monthly (or yearly) premium to the insurance company in return for a set amount of life insurance protection for a period of 20 years.

If you die during that period of time, the benefi...
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You can have a term life insurance policy for as long as you want.

There is a term life plans available for a term of 10, 15, 20 or 30 years and when one term expires you can renew your policy, the only thing is that you don't get cash accumulation inside the policy over time, meaning you cannot take a loan out of a term life policy.

If you have a 20 year term policy for example and you renew your policy when the 20 years ends, you will have an annual renewable term life poli...

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It depends on the type of life insurance you own.

Permanent life insurance lasts your entire lifetime, as long as you pay the premiums on time.

Term life insurance lasts for the length of the term.

Since term life is temporary, your life insurance lasts for the term you select when you purchase the policy. Many term life policies offer terms of 10, 15, 20 or 30 years.

So, term life insurance may last as long as 30 years, as long as you keep paying your premiums on time.



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Term life insurance will usually provide coverage as long as premiums are being paid.

Most Term life policies are annually renewable after the term of your policy ends. The prices are very high at renewal, but if you choose to pay them, you will still continue having life insurance coverage.

If your term life policy does not offer the renewable provision, your term policy will end when the years of the term have passed.

For Example: If you took out a 20 year Term life insura...

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