The main idea behind decreasing term insurance is that it is an insurance policy paid for over a period of time and on the event of death or critical illness, a lump sum is given out to the beneficiaries according to how much money is left over the policy. For example, if a person gets a decreased term insurance of $ 10,000 for a period of 10 years, then the lump sum decreases by $ 1,000 a year. If the person dies by the 6th year of the term, then his beneficiaries would get $ 4,000, the value that would be left over from the policy. If, for example, the person lives through the 10-year decreasing policy, then he or his beneficiaries would get no money at all.
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