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Term. Depending on your age think about laddering in 10 year traunches. For example $500k for 30 years, and another $500k for 20 years, and another $500k for 10 years.
In this example years 0-9 benefit is $1.5m, years 10-19 benefit is $1.0m, years 20-29 benefit is $0.5m.
Whole life or Index Universal Life. All of the money you spend on term will be spent with no growth.
Once you buy term you will be covered but also ask about Living Benefits to make sure if you have a health incident you are covered. There is more but these are the basics. Especially if you are healthy and qualify there is great growth potential.
Every “benefit” of whole life can be achieved more effectively with several other financial tools.
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Term. Look at your saving trajectory and estimate when you think you'll be able to self insure (i.e. have enough saved that you no longer need insurance to cover surviving spouse). Also consider when your kids will be adults and no longer dependent on you.
Never whole. It’s a scam to make the salesman a boatload of money.
If you want to look at the whole cost, you still have to factor market loss, and the fact that no matter what is earned it never comes from the client’s money. Will Vanguard guarantee no loss of principal ever? Will Vanguard also guarantee no taxes or capital gains? The reason Banks use life insurance is because of the amazing returns and the fact you never loose principal, referencing BOLI or COLI, public knowledge many of the funds you love are making money in insurance products.