Houston Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney Blog
Life insurance is a financial tool that can be as powerful during retirement, as it is during your working life. In many cases, it can be a real lifesaver for a surviving spouse.
Most of us think about life insurance as income replacement for a breadwinner’s salary. That is certainly true. However, life insurance doesn’t stop being useful during the later years, says Kiplinger in a recent article, “Don't Overlook Advantages of Making Insurance Part of Your Retirement Plan.”
The income replaceme 
nt function doesn’t go away during retirement. It might even be more important.