Term Insurance is the simplest form of life insurance. It pays only if death occurs during the term of the policy! which is usually from one to 30 years. Most term policies nave no other benefit provisions.

There are two basic types of term life insurance policies: level term and decreasing term.

Level term means that the death benefit stays the same throughout the duration of the policy.

Decreasing term means that the death benetit drops, usually in one-year increments, over the course of the policy's term.