How much is your life worth?

No one likes to put a price tag on human life, but life insurers must—if they want to stay profitable. In fact, they calculate that a married man between 25 and 44 years old is worth an average of nearly $1 million, and a woman between those ages is worth $660,000, according to a survey by the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education, an educational arm of the life insurance industry.

Men in the study, however, owned an average of only $289,000 in life insurance, while women owned an average of $165,000. Curious to know what your life's worth? Check out the insurance calculator at www.life-line.org/life_how_ineeds.html.