{"id":70,"date":"2020-02-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/?p=70"},"modified":"2020-03-01T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T19:01:28","slug":"do-you-need-life-insurance-if-you-have-no-dependents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/do-you-need-life-insurance-if-you-have-no-dependents\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Need Life Insurance if You Have No Dependents?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those of us here at The Smith Insurance Group Inc. often see life insurance policies&nbsp;purchased by people with children,&nbsp;spouses and other close people&nbsp;who may be put at a financial disadvantage after their death. So naturally, this brings the question: do you still need life insurance if you have no dependents?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The short answer is, it depends.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residents of Sandy, UT (and the entire Salt Lake City area) are not required under law to have life insurance, and it&#8217;s true that not everyone needs it. That said, it&#8217;s still something that everyone should review every few years or so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The truth is that life insurance isn&#8217;t just used to provide financial stability to dependents. In fact,&nbsp;you can name pretty much anyone you like as a beneficiary on your life insurance policy. That said, your life insurance doesn&#8217;t necessarily have to be used for someone else&#8217;s financial benefit. Instead, many people without dependents choose to set up their life insurance for future funeral and burial costs, pay off any outstanding debts, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Others choose to set up a lasting legacy for themselves by using life insurance to set up charitable donations long after they are gone. You can even name a charity as your beneficiary, allowing something you believe in to flourish even in your absence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While thinking about the end of your life can be scary, setting up a life insurance policy can make everything feel a lot less daunting. It is therefore&nbsp;important for everyone without dependents&nbsp;to think hard about what they want to happen once they are gone. At The Smith Insurance Group Inc., we&#8217;re happy to answer all of your questions to help you determine whether or not life insurance is the right decision for you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to give us a call or stop by our offices in the Sandy, UT area&nbsp;at your convenience.&nbsp;With the right life coverage, you can get on living without worry!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those of us here at The Smith Insurance Group Inc. often see life insurance policies&nbsp;purchased by people with children,&nbsp;spouses and other close people&nbsp;who may be put at a financial disadvantage after their death. So naturally, this brings the question: do you still need life insurance if you have no dependents? The short answer is, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,6],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance","tag-sandy-ut","tag-the-smith-insurance-group-inc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smithinsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}