Life Insurance: The Basics

Overview

Life Insurance: The Basics is a short, 30 minute lesson designed to cover the fundamentals of life insurance. Students understand the concept that there is only one guarantee in life, death. Students will be able to determine how individuals use life insurance and how surviving members use the death benefit. How insurers determine risk is also covered.

Objectives

The students will:

Define basic life insurance terms

Discuss death benefits and their uses

Determine how insurance companies underwrite life insurance

Define Term Insurance

Define Permanent Insurance

Time Required

30 Minutes

Materials:

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 Power Point Presentation

 Death Benefit Worksheets

Procedures:

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Assessment:

Working in groups, students will identify five applications of life insurance money after a death occurs.

Students can be divided into four or eight groups.

Resources:

Crews, Tana B. Fundamentals of Insurance. Dubuque: South-Western, 2003

Michael Quinn