Have you ever wondered what would happen to your insurance policy if the insurance company became insolvent?
No? Maybe it’s just me.
But in case you’re worried, you’ll be glad to know that your policy is protected by an organization called Assuris.
What is Assuris and how much is the guarantee? Read on to find out.
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Buying life insurance can be confusing and expensive. You want to protect your family in case something happens, but you don’t know how much life insurance costs and which options are best for you.
This post will show you what type of life insurance you should get, how much it costs, and the factors that affect the cost.
Read on to find out all you need to know to make an informed decision about purchasing life insurance.
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As part of the mandate of Life Insurance Awareness Month to raise awareness for all things related to life insurance, we want to do our part to educate our readers on the different aspects of life insurance. There aren’t many better ways of education than a knowledge test. Therefore, below is a short quiz on life insurance. Since the purpose of the month is awareness and not about passing the LLQP, the questions will be geared towards beginners.
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Life insurance can mean the difference between a family being dependent on the government for financial support or becoming self-sufficient after the provider of the family passes away. Many families who loses a loved one are not able to recover from its financial implications. Immediate expenses such as burial costs and legal fees coupled with the long term income requirement for living expenses can devastate a family financially. It may take years for the survivors of a family to recover from the death of the breadwinner of the family. Oftentimes, full recovery is impossible as a single parent is unable to keep up with the cost of raising a family alone. They may need to downsize their home, take out additional loans, cease contributions to education and retirement savings plans and do other things that reduce their standard of living just to get by.
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Are you looking for a way to transfer your wealth to your children in the most efficient way possible?
Did you know you can do this with the wealth transfer strategy using life insurance?
With this strategy, you:
Reduce the tax you have to pay
Avoid costly probate and other estate fees
Can build up significant cash value inside the policy tax-sheltered
And much more.
So if you’re want to know more about how this strategy can help protect your wealth, this post is for you.
Let’s get started.
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This is the complete guide to estate planning using life insurance.
In this post, you will learn:
-What estate planning is
-How much tax, probate fees, and other costs your estate has to pay
-How life insurance is a cost-effective way to cover these expenses, preserving your estate for your loved ones
So if you’ve ever wondered how life insurance fits into your estate plan, you’re in the right place.
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Life insurance isn’t a set it and forget it deal.
Major life events should trigger a review of your policy. During the review, you may find that you need to make some changes.
In this post, we go over changes you can make to your policy. Things like:
-Changing the beneficiary
-Increasing the death benefit
-Removing a rating
And much more.
Read on for a complete list of common life insurance policy changes.
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Most people know that life insurance proceeds are paid out tax-free.
But how about the cash value inside a policy? Can you also take that out without paying tax?
And in what situations can you deduct your premium from your income?
This post answers these questions and more, all the while simplifying life insurance taxation to make it easy to understand.
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Do you have assets that you want to protect from creditors?
Did you know that insurance products like life insurance, annuities, and segregated funds can provide creditor protection?
In this post, you will learn:
Why creditor protection is so important for business owners
How you can shield your assets from creditors using insurance products
And much more.
So if you want to find out how you can use life insurance to shield your assets from creditors, this post is for you.
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We face many risks in our lives on a daily basis: the risk of being in a car accident, the risk of a snow storm grounding our flights, the risk of a home burglary, just to name a few. While some of the risks are a minor nuisance and not of financial significance, others have a catastrophic effect on our finances. The purpose of insurance is to transfer some of the risk to an insurance company in exchange for a fee known as the premium.
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