{"id":330,"date":"2018-03-30T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/?p=330"},"modified":"2018-03-26T14:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T20:41:05","slug":"differences-between-whole-and-term-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/differences-between-whole-and-term-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Differences Between Whole and Term Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Picking the right life insurance policy is a very important decision for anyone in the Albany, NY area.&nbsp;For those that are shopping for life insurance, choosing between whole life and term life is a big choice.&nbsp;There are several differences between whole and term life that should be taken into consideration when you are choosing your policy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Term of Policy<\/h3>\n<p>One of the main differences between a whole and term life policy is the length and term of the policy.&nbsp; Like the name of the insurance options suggest, term life insurance will provide you with coverage for a specific period of time while whole life will provide you with coverage for up to your entire lifetime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Cash Value<\/h3>\n<p>Another difference between the two options is that whole life insurance policies have a cash value.&nbsp;After making payments for a certain period of time, your policy will begin to accrue value that can be liquidated at any time.&nbsp; The value will continue to grow based on a conservative rate of return, which can also make it a good conservative investment option.&nbsp; Term life policies have not cash value.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Amount of Coverage<\/h3>\n<p>The amount of coverage you receive is also much different.&nbsp;Term life insurance will typically provide you with far more coverage for a much smaller monthly payment than whole life.&nbsp;This can make it ideal for someone that is only looking for insurance coverage and is not looking for whole life investment benefits.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are in the Albany, NY area and are considering your life insurance options, meeting with the NY Twin Bridges Insurance Agency will be very helpful.&nbsp;The NY Twin Bridges Insurance Agency will help you determine which type of life insurance is right for you and how much you need.&nbsp;They can then help to get you into a great policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picking the right life insurance policy is a very important decision for anyone in the Albany, NY area.&nbsp;For those that are shopping for life insurance, choosing between whole life and term life is a big choice.&nbsp;There are several differences between whole and term life that should be taken into consideration when you are choosing your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[269,161],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance","tag-albany-ny","tag-ny-twin-bridges-insurance-agency"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twinbridgesinsuranceagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}