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4 Life Insurance Myths to Rethink as an Empty-Nester
If your children are grown, the house is paid for and you’re about to retire (or already have!), it may seem like your time for life insurance has passed. Perhaps you feel that your savings and investments, along with Social Security, will take care of whatever lies...
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4 Life Insurance Myths to Rethink as an Empty-Nester
If your children are grown, the house is paid for and you’re about to retire (or already have!), it may seem like your time for life insurance has passed. Perhaps you feel that your savings and investments, along with Social Security, will take care of whatever lies...
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Let’s face it: most people don’t get excited about the idea of buying life insurance. But for many, the pandemic has given them pause. A recent survey shows that 45% of younger Americans (ages 22-40) are more likely to buy life insurance today than they were ...
Our 18th annual Life Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM) is here! Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer and humanitarian Kelly Rowland joins us this September as LIAM Spokesperson to help educate others on the importance of including life insurance in their ...
Most people would say their family’s financial security is high on their list of priorities. And yet it’s hard to get excited about budgeting for life insurance.
A big part of that hurdle is cost — or, rather, perceived cost. The 2021 Insurance Barometer Study by ...
With 102 million adults living with an uninsured or underinsured need gap, there is a chance you need more life insurance coverage. Now is your opportunity to learn from financial experts and companies about the facts and benefits of life insurance during Life ...
Life insurance is there to pay for funeral and burial costs, right?
Yes! That’s correct. And many Americans understand that. In fact, it’s the No. 1 reason people state for having life insurance, according to the 2021 Insurance Barometer Study by Life Happens and ...
Many people know how term life insurance works. But they often don’t know how permanent insurance works.
To refresh, term life insurance provides protection for a specific period of time. This is known as the "term."
If you pass away during the term, your loved ...
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Underwriting, premiums, contestability period—terms like these can make insurance words seem like a foreign language.
Fortunately, a good insurance professional can help you make sense of it all. So can the definitions below. We explained them in recognition of ...
Americans can no longer make excuses for why they haven’t purchased life insurance. According to the 2021 Insurance Barometer Study, those who are uninsured appear to want more convenience in the life insurance process, citing that they haven’t been approached about it (46%), it isn’t offered through their employer (42%), and they haven’t gotten around to it (62%) as reasons they don’t have coverage.