Life Insurance Vs a Retirement Policy

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Many people find out at retirement that they have not enough money to live the lifestyle they are used to.
There are too many people in this country that have no retirement benefits and will be living on social security benefits alone.
For someone living on social security benefits their lifestyle will change dramatically and they will find that they may not have enough money to keep their home and retirement becomes a burden rather than a joy.
A life insurance policy means to most people a way to pay out to loved ones after death.
A life insurance policy can be much more than death benefits, its can offer a retirement package that is tax free payments after you retire.
You can fund these policies with stocks and bonds, certificates of deposit, mutual funds as well as cash you have saved in your bank account.
Death benefits are important but having a proper retirement package that offers peace of mind after you stop working is a top priority for most people.
The policies can be customized to pay out specific amounts for a specific period of time after retirement or to pay out from the cash reserves over a period of a lifetime.
The payments are not counted as income from the government and this will act as a huge advantage for most people.
You can use the benefits packages in many ways.
You can borrow cash amounts from the policies or have annual payments made, each will have pros and cons to their methods.
Money that is accumulated in the policy that offers retirement benefits is available for you or withdraw without suffering any penalties or taxes.
A standard retirement package such as IRA benefits allows you to withdraw the money to but you suffer penalties for early withdraw as well as income tax on all finds you receive from the account.
The insurance policy making payments to you that are tax free after you retire is a huge advantage it has over the standard retirement benefit package.
You have to be careful if you are borrowing cash from a retirement policy such as an IRA to avoid the taxes on the money.
If the policy terminates you will have to pay huge capital gains tax on any amount you paid over the premium cost for the life of the policy.
For someone who has been paying on a policy for 40 years or more and adding extra income this taxable amount could be astounding.
Having the policy terminate at age 80 and finding out you have to pay this money in taxes can put you in the poor house.
Just because your agent showed you a great retirement policy at the rate you had when you bought it does not mean that it will remain the same, rates do change will also cause your benefit amount to change.
Retirements from your employment may be more stable but the insurance policies offering the tax free income and a way to create more wealth by taking a few risks far outweigh the standard retirement policy.
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