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What are the similarities and differences between retirement needs and insurance? Explain.
| The similarity between retirement needs and insurance is that most people | ||||||||||||
| make monthly or yearly contributions to a plan, so that they can receive a | ||||||||||||
| lump-sum payment in the future. Retirement needs are usually plans like 401(K) and IRA (Individual retirement | ||||||||||||
| accounts). While insurance is usually a policy may it be life insurance or health insurance. | ||||||||||||
| The difference between retirement accounts and insurance policies is that retirement needs | ||||||||||||
| are designed so that a person can receive either a lump-sum or an annuity payment at the time of retirement. | ||||||||||||
| On the other hand, insurance plans are catered to provide financial assistance during the time of an emergency like death | ||||||||||||
| or sickness. However, if there is no emergency and the insurance policy expires, the beneficiary receives a lump-sum payment. | ||||||||||||