05/29/2023
Insurance And Investing Serve Two Different Objectives
Financial advisor Darren L. Colananni of Centurion Wealth says that investing and insurance shouldn’t mix, and for more reasons than one. First, you have two completely different objectives you're trying to achieve, and life insurance with an investment component tries but fails to combine them into one investment product that does the best job at meeting both sets of needs.
The Bottom Line
At the end of the day, almost everyone I spoke to on this topic had a similar view on mixing investing and insurance. They all seemed to agree most people are better off buying term life insurance that provides a death benefit and then investing the rest.
The premiums for term coverage are significantly less than whole life policies.
The money a person saves on premiums can then be used to invest in a traditional investment vehicle, such as stocks or mutual funds. Best of all, you get to decide how your money is invested when you take on this challenge yourself, and you get to avoid the high fees and hidden charges many life insurance products charge.