Do I need life insurance coverage for my spouse?

It depends. Does your spouse work, earn an income and contribute to paying for the living expenses for your family?

Even if your spouse doesn't earn income, he or she may handle a lot of the work around the house taking care of the kids, running errands, grocery shopping, cleaning your home, making the meals, and everything else that gets done so your family can live a nice life.

Now imagine how much it would cost to hire someone to do all of the ...
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Yes, you can take out life insurance on your spouse.

In order to buy life insurance on another person you need an insurable interest in that person.

Insurable interest basically means you rely on the person for financial support, or you may suffer financially if the person were to die.

There does exist insurable interest between spouses, so you can take out a life insurance policy on your spouse.

When purchasing the life insurance on your spouse you may need your spouse's signature and he or she ...
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