Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance.

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You might be familiar with permanent or term life insurance. However, short-term life insurance is a type of term plan that offers coverage for up to a year. Although short-term life insurance isn’t a ...

In this second article on life insurance, I look at level versus escalating premium patterns, why you get what you pay for, and how life cover fits into your long-term financial plan. Here’s a quick ...

Term life insurance is cheaper than whole life insurance, but it covers you for only a set number of years. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Roughly half of Americans have life insurance, industry estimates suggest. Fewer people own policies that will last beyond their current jobs. Is that a bad thing? Maybe so. The insurance industry, of ...