How Much Life Insurance Should A Married Couple Have? 
Video Transcript : Today 's question is , `` How much life insurance should a married couple have ? '' Well , generally , married couples now are dual income . Everybody 's working , it seems like , today . Their mortgage 's usually predicated on two incomes , their debt is predicated on two incomes , all the ability for them to pay for college education and future retirement is generally predicated on those two incomes . So you want to protect both of them and you want to be able to cover all those arenas , including by the way , income if one spouse dies . I want the death benefit to pay off all those obligations and all those indebtedness but I also want it to pay and generate an income so that my spouse can stay in the house , can go ahead and pay off those bills , and meet all our future obligations , especially if we have children involved . Well , that 's our consumer question for today . If you have any questions , just submit them to www.insurancelibrary.com 