Understand that most life insurance companies offer a range

Understand that most life insurance companies offer a range of different payment options to your beneficiaries. If you think those you leave behind would be better off receiving periodic payments, then this is something you have to decide now. You can choose to give the lump sum or to break it up.

Stay away from caffeine before you take the necessary medical exam required by life insurance companies. Caffeine's perfectly acceptable to have in your life, but the stimulation it causes makes your pulse and blood pressure both erratic and gives you anxiety, all of which complicates your exam.

Life insurance policies aren't just for the elderly. If you are young and concerned about what might happen should something happen to you it doesn't hurt to look into it. Actually, being younger, usually life insurance companies offer you the lowest rates because they face a lower level of risk in insuring you.