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.

Learn more about how many years term life insurance has.