You can get term cheap with SBLI, has a coversion to whole life later in if needed. What retirement program do you have in place? You can go straight to whole life and use it as a retirement supp with the cash value. it may be a little more then what you want to spend but totally makes it worth it. DI you can get a good Occ class with your job. Some companies give you a couples discount in the first year anywhere from 5-15%.