can anyone tell me whether life insurance falls under real estate property.?

Ginny Trickett: Life insurance does not fall under Real Estate property. It is personal property, and depending on the type of life insurance ie term or cash value, it is looked at as a liability or an asset when it comes to your personal or business finances. Term is considered a liability because there is no "equity" that is buildt into the policy like with cash value where the cash value "account" is found in the "other assets" heading of you personal/business ballance sheet.It sounds as if your question is a little deeper than how the life insurance is regarded in terms of property, are wondering about this for estate planning reasons? If so when using life insurance for estate planning purposes it is extreamly important that you work with someone who has the knowledge and experiance to use life insurance, the proper way to title and how the estate tax system works. It can be quite complicated, but with the right life underwriter and estate planner it can be made ! very simple....Show more

Marty Tichnell: No it does not. It is a financial tool.

Chadwick Schmelz: It is personal property, an asset not Real Property.

Marco Stolarz: Life insurance policy is something that will benefit somebodyif and when the holder of the policy dies. Their is always a beneficiary in a life insurance policy. Mostly, husbands , wives,sons and daughters or even pets are made beneficiaries.Whereas, a real estate property is a piece of land that canbe owned by one or more where no beneficiary is statedunless the owners make a will naming an heir to suchproperty. Definitely the two are different and do not fall inthe same category....Show more

Gus Leiby: No, real estate is land, or buildings ON land. Life insurance is a CONTRACT. Life insurance PROCEDES are also not "real estate".

Stormy Beliard: No, life insurance is not real estate property. At the point of sale Life Insurance is considered as intangible and it only a contra! ctual agreement between a policy holder and insurance company.! Whereas real estate property is tangible.Life Insurance company will promise to pay the beneficiaries in the event of death/disability of the life asured.But life insurance is very useful in estate planning and wealth distribution. It can helps to payoff estate duty and make sure the next generation still can keep the real estate and not taken by the government in the event of death....Show more