Life insurance, payable when you die, can provide a surviving spouse, children, and other dependents the funds necessary to help maintain their standards of living, can help repay debt, and can help fund education tuition costs. The amount you need depends on your situation. If you make $100,000 a year, have a sizable mortgage, and two kids headed to a good (read: expensive) college, you could need as much as $1 million in coverage.
Value-accumulating whole life or universal insurance is often offered as death benefit protection with a cash value component that you can borrow against or eventually cash in by surrendering the policy. Term insurance costs less, but may remain in effect only for a specified term of years. For many families, a combination of whole life and term

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