cost of whole life insurance vs term life
The whole life insurance has an annual premium of $8,230 per year (you can pay monthly but it costs slightly more). The 20-year term life insurance costs $672 per year. After 20 years the expected cash value of the whole life policy (the amount you could withdraw) is $236,679.
The shorter the term you want to insure, the greater the difference in value. After 10 years, the expected cash value of the whole life insurance policy is $70,871, while the expected outcome from term life plus an investment portfolio would be $108,355 â 52% more.