Adults age 65 and older shouldn't automatically dismiss the benefits of a robust life insurance plan. Here's why.

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You can typically buy life insurance well into your senior years, but your options and costs will change with age.

We used data from AccuQuote, a national online insurance agency, to evaluate term life insurance policy rates. Our analysis includes rates based on the following: Insurers with lower rates earned more ...

Get an idea of how much you'll pay for life insurance based on your age, gender, health and more. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate ...

Our team collected more than 60,000 sample quotes from life insurance companies using unique user profiles to give readers an accurate view of pricing across competitors. We gather quotes for ages 18 ...

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