Course Description
Course publication/revision date: This course was updated on 4/7/2025.
Personal Life Insurance Planning examines the type of client data needed to determine minimum life insurance coverage requirements. It identifies the various lump-sum cash needs at the death of a breadwinner and provides guidelines to enable advisers to recommend life insurance in amounts that fully protect clients. It identifies typical surviving family income needs following a breadwinner’s death. Advisers learn to calculate adequate survivor income and appropriate life insurance needed to provide required income. Social Security survivor benefits are discussed, including the Child’s benefit, the Mother’s or Father’s benefit, and Widow’s and Widower’s benefit.
