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The Comparison Between Universal Life And Term Life Insurances By Adam J. Heist Universal life and term life insurances are the two most commonly used health insurance plans available in the US today. Both plans provide the necessary benefits to the surviving members in the case of an unfortunate death to meet the funeral expenses, medical bills, pending credit card bills, tax debts and residual mortgages. Every person is strongly advised to take at least one of these plans in their lifetimes so as not to be a burden on the remaining family members after death. This becomes much more important in case the dead person was the sole earning member of the family. Having coverage will ensure some relief on the financial burden to the family, though the personal loss will be irreparable.
However, making the choice between universal life and term life insurance is the most difficult part. Since both these policies have their relative merits and demerits, the confusion becomes all the more rampant. Only proper information on the two kinds of policies would help the person to make a better decision.
This article has been written to reduce the confusion in the minds of potential policyholders as regards universal life and term life policies. By knowing what these policies are about, you would be able to make your decision.
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Rapport With Ex-Rival Will Be Key for Clinton - Washington Post<font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><table border=0 align=right cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0cellpadding=3 style="font-size:100%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><tr><td width=80 align=center style="padding-left:6px;" valign=top><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0i-0&fd=R&url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081201/clinton_cabinet_081201/20081201%3Fhub%3DCTVNewsAt11&cid=1276054931&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNEhBKQJRk7SHo1x0TrprqdaUMF_Xw"><img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=bEQBAIUe-h4J&imgurl=images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20081201/160X_ap_obama1_081201.jpg width=51 height=80 alt="" border=1><br><font size=-2>CTV.ca</font></a></td></tr></table><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120103054.html&cid=1276054931&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNFx3zUNtphsAwavmvOqhR0uOljnIQ"><b>Rapport With Ex-Rival Will Be Key for Clinton</b></a><br><font size=-1><b><font color=#6f6f6f>Washington Post -</font> <nobr>1 hour ago</nobr></b></font><br><font size=-1>In introducing his choice for secretary of state, President-elect Barack Obama said, "Hillary's appointment is a sign to friend and foe of the seriousness of my commitment to renew American diplomacy and restore our alliances.</font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0-1&fd=R&url=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D0iicHR0zlGM&cid=1276054931&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNFTAeV9JfCYJkLM7wvQH2jT3J605A">Video: Obama Picks Gates, Clinton for Foreign Policy</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>AssociatedPress</nobr></font><object width="448" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0iicHR0zlGM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0iicHR0zlGM"type="application/x-shockwave-flash"wmode="transparent"width="448"height="356"></embed></object><br></font><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0-2&fd=R&url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/02/hillary_clinton/&cid=1276054931&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNGYSG0HVDayv88s8I1HfWSsZY7t_g">So what's in this for Hillary?</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Salon</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1 class=p><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0-3&fd=R&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSTRE4B100P20081202&cid=1276054931&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNGZ-ZFCvyzui1vf-WigBFrDhLe1DA"><nobr>Reuters</nobr></a> - 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Washington Post<font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><table border=0 align=right cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0cellpadding=3 style="font-size:100%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><tr><td width=80 align=center style="padding-left:6px;" valign=top><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0i-0&fd=R&url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article5251719.ece&cid=1276754421&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNFwbcpejDPTefb9dOpQ2eooOC8qdg"><img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=79iSO73h0cgJ&imgurl=www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00439/bangkok_439824a.jpg width=41 height=80 alt="" border=1><br><font size=-2>Times Online</font></a></td></tr></table><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120102637.html&cid=1276754421&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNFy4kEhh62B5c35Stzd70M_ukx_0Q"><b>Political Crisis Harms Thailand's Economy Tourism Sector Hurt by <b>...</b></b></a><br><font size=-1><b><font color=#6f6f6f>Washington Post -</font> <nobr>43 minutes ago</nobr></b></font><br><font size=-1>Flights at Bangkok's main international airport were canceled after anti-government protesters stormed the building, stranding thousands of travelers.</font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0-1&fd=R&url=http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/travel/globespotters/%3Fp%3D629&cid=1276754421&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNGScFB0YQlxYOwWAz43g1z5sgMEgA">Bangkok feeling the pinch</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>International Herald Tribune</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0-2&fd=R&url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/01/thailand.tourist.advice/&cid=1276754421&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNER18NwcRT3Q8nT2XjelKOB5mm2eA">What are travelers being told about Thailand?</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>CNN International</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1 class=p><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0-3&fd=R&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/world/asia/02thai.html%3Fem&cid=1276754421&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNHwuKwhJgEAOhrDyyN7VB-o1Fn0Tg"><nobr>New York Times</nobr></a> - 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TWO Canadian tourists stranded by Bangkok's airport closures were killed and a Briton seriously injured in a car crash as they rushed to catch a flight out of southern Thailand, police said on Tuesday.</font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-2-1&fd=R&url=http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/%3Fcatid%3D3%26newsid%3D44217&cid=1276739363&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNFV1_xLKcP6aZYZbgrHM8Ihf329Fg">Efforts continue to repatriate Vietnamese caught in Thai turmoil</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Thanh Nien Daily</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-2-2&fd=R&url=http://jta.org/news/article/2008/12/01/1001270/israelis-stress-while-stranded-in-bangkok&cid=1276739363&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNEvf_U-P1AOGLBOW3ObhcUdgMhp-Q">Israelis stress while stranded in Bangkok</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Jewish Telegraphic Agency</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1 class=p><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-2-3&fd=R&url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE4B111Z20081202&cid=1276739363&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNHS3gkKKUdRNxJt_P26J5oDkeQIZQ"><nobr>Reuters Canada</nobr></a> - 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Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency today and called legislators into a new special session that won't end until they agree on a way to trim the state's $11.2 billion budget deficit.</font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0-1&fd=R&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4B10H020081202&cid=1275984507&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNFHR3o7PUc_CAlub5d-Q40R76FFyg">Schwarzenegger calls new special budget session</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Reuters</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0-2&fd=R&url=http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11114911&cid=1275984507&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNHr_fN-cBBz68wILpcDT6m3GcXuIA">Details of plans to tackle Calif's budget deficit</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>San Jose Mercury News</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1 class=p><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0-3&fd=R&url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601087%26sid%3DaFG_x4PxVUno%26refer%3Dhome&cid=1275984507&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNFDONC1K69aSLWD1UsJPxX4prMIaw"><nobr>Bloomberg</nobr></a> - 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Washington Post<font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><table border=0 align=right cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0cellpadding=3 style="font-size:100%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><tr><td width=80 align=center style="padding-left:6px;" valign=top><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-1i-0&fd=R&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120102622.html%3Fhpid%3Dsec-business&cid=1276565660&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNErUUeKJ2TTD63CzmfWh8ic17j4Nw"><img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=npuSvAGMUlUJ&imgurl=media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/12/01/PH2008120103027.jpg width=80 height=57 alt="" border=1><br><font size=-2>Washington Post</font></a></td></tr></table><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-1-0&fd=R&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120102622.html&cid=1276565660&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNGjXjhdqMABcZ8u3hVZV--b332L4w"><b>Governors to Ask Obama to Set Aside Federal Funds to Boost Local <b>...</b></b></a><br><font size=-1><b><font color=#6f6f6f>Washington Post -</font> <nobr>1 hour ago</nobr></b></font><br><font size=-1>By Ceci Connolly When President-elect Barack Obama arrives at Philadelphia's Independence Hall today to meet with the nation's governors, the main question will be not whether he will deliver fast fiscal relief to the states, but how much?</font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-1-1&fd=R&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/washington/02states.html&cid=1276565660&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNEA75hnOlORwEHF7ebk5yvNcM65HQ">Democrats in House Plan a Package of Up to $500 Billion to Help States</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>New York Times</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-1-2&fd=R&url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/794949.html&cid=1276565660&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNEonSZXubBuoMOEXwI-FjuPfVbPRQ">States press Congress, Obama for economic stimulus package</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>The Miami Herald</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1 class=p><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-1-3&fd=R&url=http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/12/02/1202recession.html&cid=1276565660&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNHTdwgD4j5oyJsaMYCnYluBNU4YMg"><nobr>Austin American-Statesman</nobr></a> - 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CNN<font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><table border=0 align=right cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0cellpadding=3 style="font-size:100%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><tr><td width=80 align=center style="padding-left:6px;" valign=top><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-2i-0&fd=R&url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1151ap_bush_legacy.html%3Fsource%3Dmypi&cid=1276456328&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNHBgh_GNOsmP6AnkenKxYGS1nAS_Q"><img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=oqvFq09wttMJ&imgurl=seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/aponline/49756.09Bush-.sff.jpg width=80 height=61 alt="" border=1><br><font size=-2>Seattle Post Intelligencer</font></a></td></tr></table><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-2-0&fd=R&url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/01/world.aids.day/&cid=1276456328&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNE01zylBBHfDBelfqH6YiumUxqeBA"><b>Obama, Blair laud Bush's AIDS work in Africa</b></a><br><font size=-1><b><font color=#6f6f6f>CNN -</font> <nobr>4 hours ago</nobr></b></font><br><font size=-1>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama doesn't often offer praise for President George W. Bush's foreign policy, but on Monday he offered the outgoing head of state accolades for battling AIDS in Africa.</font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-2-1&fd=R&url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jHi4znl2oz7YdEeUEzrIIfr85GHQD94Q7OR82&cid=1276456328&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNHXau4zpAYPCt4_k-91c_Q-nrPDxQ">Bush uses final 50 days in office to tout legacy</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>The Associated Press</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-2-2&fd=R&url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5juAUp4tD5cak-hvsPezFHthU-t5Q&cid=1276456328&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNEUMJwU2B3ZwQ2BtGoaXwhNCEBtng">Bush reaffirms US commitment to fight AIDS</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>AFP</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1 class=p><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-2-3&fd=R&url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/President-George-W-Bush-Receives/story.aspx%3Fguid%3D%257B375C7988-1926-4726-8FF5-42F7E3F06DAA%257D&cid=1276456328&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNFjHjs4qxarp-zfU7iudX7rPWJ5Ig"><nobr>MarketWatch</nobr></a> - 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Try Again Tuesday Night</b></a><br><font size=-1><b><font color=#6f6f6f>ScienceMode -</font> <nobr>33 minutes ago</nobr></b></font><br><font size=-1>Backyards and balconies across the US became a popular place to be just after sunset on Monday night for a celestial show starring planets Jupiter and Venus, along with the moon.</font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0-1&fd=R&url=http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/tonight-planets.html&cid=1275217977&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNG1ULZ5KmxQvJGfQ4XLZCAj95PtrQ">Tonight: Planets Align in a Frown</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Wired News</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0-2&fd=R&url=http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/12/01/tonight-for-one-show-only-its-jupiter-venus-and-the-moon/&cid=1275217977&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNF-QHm25K170BmJ6EjIr1fBTUQOfQ">Tonight, for one show only ? it?s Jupiter, Venus, and the moon!</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Christian Science Monitor</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1 class=p><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0-3&fd=R&url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200812021021.htm&cid=1275217977&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNFpNJgYFriiIex7B-iBZ44eb0Etxg"><nobr>Hindu</nobr></a> - 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Timely screenings can save the lives of newborns at risk of contracting HIV, according to a report released Monday by four UN agencies to mark World AIDS Day.</font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0-1&fd=R&url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/02/content_10441544.htm&cid=1276686558&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNHnlUmy4z2KAjGy4Xbd8Q8aqOkfYg">UN report:Early HIV diagnosis, treatment saves lives of newborn babies</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Xinhua</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0-2&fd=R&url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-01-voa53.cfm&cid=1276686558&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNEuwpw-sy77zxANAhb7PvrewLA6sw">UNICEF Says Early Diagnosis, Treatment Key to Reducing Infant HIV <b>...</b></a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Voice of America</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1 class=p><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0-3&fd=R&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSLS251648._CH_.2400&cid=1276686558&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNFrolhXjqpMYuM1000o5fbbvX5GCQ"><nobr>Reuters</nobr></a> - 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December 1, 2008 ?Anybody with AIDS needs to be accepted, and loved and know that there are people there supporting them,? the Mansfield man said.</font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-1-1&fd=R&url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/02/content_7258384.htm&cid=1275221419&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNGPX7MapgQa0XTnOkg5bcQLV7W47w">Hu extends hand to AIDS patients</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>China Daily</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-1-2&fd=R&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSPEK214297._CH_.2400&cid=1275221419&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNHAliHie1UUtyKiqyxkJR3dMjL2lg">China's rural migrants are new front in AIDS fight</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>Reuters</nobr></font></font><br><font size=-1 class=p><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-1-3&fd=R&url=http://www.kpth.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D9440016%26nav%3Dmenu622_1&cid=1275221419&ei=W8g0SdGtJ5LQgAO16cUI&usg=AFQjCNG3MdDX9s6KjxjSHGQKe5HuhPmpag"><nobr>KPTH FOX 44</nobr></a> - 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