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A quiet gift that lasts

Children's Life Insurance in Lake Forest

Modest lifelong policies for children and grandchildren in Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Deerfield and nearby.

A Gift Still Working When They Turn Thirty

Grandparents tell us, more often than you might guess, that they want to give something that outlasts the toys and the savings bonds. New parents tell us they would like to cross one worry off a very long list. A children's life policy speaks to both. In most cases a parent or grandparent holds a modest whole life contract on the child, and the real gift is not the benefit amount. It is the promise that the child will remain insurable for the rest of their life, whatever diagnoses the decades might bring, plus a small cash value that grows a little every birthday. A youngster's premium starts small and stays there, and plenty of these contracts include an option for the grown child to buy additional coverage later without fresh health questions. Lake Forest Life Insurance sets these up to mark a birth, a christening, a first birthday or simply a grandparent's wish to do something lasting. We explain who owns the policy and who pays, when ownership can pass to the child once grown, and how the value might help with some later goal. Then we describe a couple of modest amounts so you can choose one that sits lightly in the budget, and we complete the short application together over the telephone.

What a Child's Policy Holds

We cover each of these with every parent and grandparent who rings.

  • Coverage they cannot lose

    Coverage stays in place no matter what health issues the child faces later.

  • Small premiums, never rising

    The premium on day one is the premium for the life of the contract.

  • A value that grows

    The policy builds a modest cash value the owner can reach in later years.

  • A future handover

    We describe how ownership can be passed to the child once they are an adult.

  • Room to grow the coverage

    Many contracts allow extra coverage later on with no new health questions.

  • Grandparent friendly

    A grandparent can hold the contract and cover the premiums as a long-lasting present.

  • A brief application

    Children's applications are short and handled on the telephone.

  • Beneficiaries made clear

    We help you name them sensibly and show how to update them down the road.

Setting Up a Child's Policy

  1. Choose the owner

    Parent or grandparent? We talk about who will hold the contract and what you would like it to mean for the child, and the amount follows from that.

  2. Settle on a modest size

    We describe a couple of coverage levels with premiums and projected value. Usually families settle on something small and easy to keep up.

  3. Apply today, hand it over someday

    The brief application is done together on the telephone. Years from now, we can help move ownership to your grown child.

Why Families Trust Us With a Child's Policy

  • Honest about the point

    The chief value is lifelong insurability, and we say so plainly so expectations start in the right place.

  • Grandparents made welcome

    Many of these policies are presents, and we make the setup simple for the giver.

  • Present for the handover

    When ownership passes to your grown child, we help with the paperwork so nothing lapses.

  • Insurable for life
  • Never-rising premium
  • Value that grows
  • Brief application

Start a Policy That Grows Up With Them

A child's premium is lowest at the very beginning and stays there. Ring us and we will show how small and simple this can be.