Married couples share nearly everything. They also often share the responsibility of bringing home a paycheck. In fact, nearly half of married-couple families were made up of two employed partners, according to the Current Population Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
If your family depends on two paychecks to make ends meet, it’s important to make sure that both parents have a life insurance policy — not just the primary breadwinner.
Stay-at-home parents are another important consideration. They fulfill a number of roles — caregiver, teacher, nurse, chef, driver, psychologist, and activities director, to name a few. If the stay-at-home parent passed away, you would likely need to source paid help to take over those services.
As an example, let’s say that your significant other watches your baby at home while you’re at work. If he or she passed away, you might need to make arrangements for your child to go to daycare. The average cost of daycare for infants ranged from $6,615 in Arizona to $19,805 in Washington, D.C., according to member data from Care.com. Life insurance can help to cover those unexpected expenses, lessening the financial burden during an already emotionally difficult time.
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