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Show The Four-Fold Function Of Life Insurance Life insurance has a four-fold function, says Dr. S. S. Huebner. First, it guarantees an investment invest-ment estate to be left to depend-- depend-- --ents. Second, if the insured continues to live, it enables him to accumulate accumu-late an investment estate by the time he reaches the age for retirement. re-tirement. Third, it helps man, after he has reached retirement age, to liquidate li-quidate his accumulation through some income or annuity plan. Fourth, it enables the insured to accumulate an emergency fund that will protect him, his family and his business during his life, and will enable him to protect everything ev-erything he owns real estate, securities, se-curities, etc. Not all of us have policies covering cov-ering all these functions, but they are all offered to us. They are Indicative In-dicative of the remarkable scope of life insurance in one or another of its branches a scops that permits us to protect ourselves and dependents against almost any possible contingency. Life insurance is of great service, ser-vice, not to the wealthy, but to the average man. |