In addition to the single premium policy, universal life insurance also provides the option of choosing a fixed premium policy. For those who cannot afford to invest a large sum of money up front, consider this policy and its details listed below. Fixed Premiums: Pay Monthly! With a universal life insurance policy providing a fixed [...]
An annuity is important to consider when thinking about retirement funds. It’s a great payout plan to have when you’re done putting in your time in the workforce. Here are a few types of valuable annuities and how you can benefit from utilizing them. Fixed and Variable Annuities Fixed annuities provide minimum guaranteed interest rates [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Getting Term Life Insurance Later in Life A lonely sailor once wrote that his only worries on the open sea were with the rise and fall of the swells he sailed. We on land, however, may have a far different outlook. As we age, it is no surprise that we go through worrying phases in [...]
Young families, ages 21 – 45, tend to have the greatest need for life insurance. Why? The answer is quite obvious to anyone who actually fits the definition of a “Young Family”. During the “young family” stage, couples are typically just starting in their respective career(s). Young families are also creating the family by having [...]
Permanent Life Insurance is a type of Whole Life or Endowment insurance policy. It not only insures the life of the policy holder but also offers the option of accumulating a cash value and guarantees the reimbursement of a certain amount at the end of the policy period. However, most policy buyers compare such a [...]
