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Life Insurance Claims Expectations

Life Insurance Claims - How to collect and What Can Go Wrong

When a loved one dies - there’s not a standard process for submitting life insurance claims to the insurance company and then receiving the death benefit. In fact, no two life insurance claims are ever the same. It’s an unfortunate reality that the majority [...]

Types of Life Insurance to Avoid

The main reason you purchase a life insurance policy is so that you and your family are protected from a financial disaster if something unexpected were to happen.  Because it’s so important, we want the best policy available. This usually means the cheapest option with the most perks. But a lot of insurance being sold [...]

Whole vs. Universal vs. Variable Life

Most people at this stage have a general understanding of a permanent life insurance policy. What you may not know are the cause and effects of the different types of permanent life policies. As you continue reading, we’ll explain the difference between Whole Life, Universal Life, Variable Life, Variable Universal Life, Single-Premium Life and Survivorship [...]

Can I Buy Life Insurance for My Parents?

Preparing for the Death of a Parent
The thought of having to buy life insurance for your parents can be a daunting one. Between the research involved and the realization and preparation of a parents death, many choose to ignore the situation all together.
Although buying life insurance (level term or permanent) for your parents is not [...]

Top 10 Mistakes in Purchasing Life Insurance

Once you’ve decided to purchase a life insurance policy, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with the many factors and decisions involved. You do as much research as you can to find answers that suit your needs, but there are many people out there who still wonder if they made the right choice. As with any [...]

Renewable vs. Convertible Term Life Insurance

Renewable vs. Convertible Life Insurance - What’s Right For You?
The words “renewable” and “convertible” are two of the need-to-know terms when discussing term life insurance policies. They play a big role in the quality of your plan and therefore you should know what they mean and what they do.
The first is a renewable term life [...]

Different Types of Term Life Insurance

If you’re shopping for term life insurance, you may already be familiar with some of the more basic ideas and terms of what it is you’re getting. You have an understanding that coverage is only available for a certain, pre-set number of years and that should one die after that term has ended… no death [...]

Using Life Insurance As An Invesment

Many people who are considering life insurance have heard about the countless benefits and peace of mind it can bring. Once such benefit is using life insurance and an investment for retirement planning.
Term Life Insurance
When you buy term life insurance, the premiums you pay are solely in exchange for a death benefit over a pre-determined [...]

Using Life Insurance to Offset Estate Taxes

When I got my first job, I remember looking at my paycheck as my jaw hit the floor. I ran to my mom complaining about how I worked 10 hours making $5.75 an hour, but there certainly was NOT $57.50 on my check! I’ll never forget the first time I heard it: “Honey, there are [...]

Buying “Mutual” Insurance vs. Publicly Owned Insurance

When you make the decision to buy life insurance, you face a whole new batch of research that needs to be done. One of the common questions that comes up is whether to buy life insurance from a “mutual” life insurance company vs. a publicly owned company. Well, that’s all up to you, but here [...]

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