People often think that you only need to buy life insurance if you have kids. After all, a rite of passage for many young married couples is to buy life insurance once they get ready to try getting pregnant for the first time. While it’s true that life insurance is an important way to provide for your children’s future in the event that you don’t live long enough to see it, buying life insurance is almost always a good financial move as part of a couple’s overall financial plan, whether or not that couple has children.

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Buying life insurance is one of those rites of passage: deciding to buy life insurance is a sure sign that you are, in fact, a “grown-up” with grown-up responsibilities. Most people buy life insurance for the first time after having kids, and/or after getting married. Here are five life stages where you might consider buying life insurance – either for the first time, or as an addition to your existing coverage.

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