A mortgage insurance quote is something you should seriously consider obtaining if you are a homeowner and would like to protect yourself and your family from dire financial straits should you as the primary wage earner become incapacitated or if you pass away. In this article I will attempt to cover a few of the pros and cons of (more…)
January 6, 2010
January 4, 2010
Whole Term Life Insurance Ideas
When you choose a life insurance policy, you have to pick from term or whole life insurance (or another form of permanent life insurance). Term life insurance is cost-effective and will give benefits to your family if you die but if you fail to die (so to speak), nobody gets anything (except the life insurance company). Whole life insurance will provide coverage for all your life and you can either cash in or borrow against it in case you live through the life of the policy. You get the payout amount or even more because (more…)
December 24, 2009
Insurance Settlement Basics
A life insurance settlement can be defined in a few different ways, but normally it is simply the sum of money that one’s heirs receive after a policyholder passes away. After you responsibly pay your monthly premiums and/or maintain the cash value amount associated with your life insurance policy, your loved ones are entitled to this so-called death benefit payout, or insurance settlement. Whether these funds are used to pay off your (more…)
November 20, 2009
Guaranteed Acceptance Life Insurance
At first glance, guaranteed acceptance life insurance probably sounds like the easiest way to get life insurance, but the fact is it might be a much better deal for the insurance company than it is for you.
Have you ever wondered why there are so many advertisements for life insurance of the type that promise to guarantee you a policy? Where are the ads encouraging you to get life insurance that would require that you take a medical exam as a condition of being granted a policy? Is it possible that (more…)
Guaranteed Life Insurance
Maybe all the direct mailings and ads on the Internet have finally got you thinking that life insurance is something you had better purchase. Well it’s understandable, because if you have loved ones who would be negatively impacted by your sudden absence, a life insurance policy really is something you should look into. But maybe you know that your health is not perfect, or maybe you haven’t had a check up in years and the thought of a complete physical makes you a little nervous. (more…)
November 18, 2009
Low-Cost Term Life Insurance Tips
It is almost redundant to talk about low cost term life insurance, as it is so much cheaper than the alternative, permanent life insurance. Since the latter promises a guaranteed payout, is naturally much more expensive than term life. In fact term insurance isn’t say, half as expensive as permanent life, your term premium payments will actually be (more…)
November 16, 2009
Instant Whole Life Insurance Quote
The Internet has really simplified the process of getting life insurance, and whole life insurance quotes are readily obtainable with a quick search. Let’s start with a definition of whole life, and then move onto a caveat that you have to keep in mind when you are tempted to buy based on an instant life insurance quote of any kind. (more…)
November 15, 2009
How Does Term Life Insurance Work
If you’re confused as to how term life insurance works, you’ve come to the right place. Of all the forms of life insurance term life is the simplest conceptually and I promise that by the end of this article you will completely understand it. The main quality that a term life policy has is that every aspect of it is clearly defined. You pay a fixed amount each month, known as the premium, to the insurance company in return for their promise that if you (more…)
November 11, 2009
Life Insurance Sales Leads
Obviously finding a way to quickly and systematically get high-quality life insurance leads is what it is all about when it comes to life insurance sales. Before the Internet, agents employed all sorts of creative and interesting methods to acquire or create insurance sales leads. Direct mail campaigns, educational seminars, or mini events in places where potential prospects might congregate (i.e. a mall) were a few methods commonly employed. Agents still rely on real-world face-to-face meetings for creating rapport and trust as well as a list of callbacks. The Internet however, just (more…)
November 10, 2009
Instant Life Insurance Quote
As bombarded as we are with life insurance advertising, it might seem as though it is an easy task to very quickly arrive at a very inexpensive solution to all of our life insurance needs. Well, there’s no doubt that an instant life insurance quote can be found very easily on the Internet or via direct mail advertising, but can you be sure that insurance which you buy in this way is the very best choice for you and your family? After all, you pay into most life insurance policies for decades: is this really a decision you want to make that quickly?
One of the main shortcomings of instant life insurance quotes is (more…)
November 9, 2009
Term Life Insurance vs. Whole Life Insurance
Few people would argue the point that life insurance is a necessity, to protect the financial well-being of those you love should you pass away during your prime earning years. The question is, what is the best life insurance to purchase? Let’s take a quick look at the relative merits of the two most popular forms of life coverage: term life insurance vs. whole life insurance. (more…)
Life Insurance Advice
It’s easy to ask around for advice on life insurance, just like it’s easy to find people with opinions on how to successfully make money in the stock market. Asking questions and getting educated is always a good thing, but the problem is that getting life insurance advice from nonprofessionals may very well result in conflicting advice and confusion on your part. You need to (more…)
November 8, 2009
Life Insurance No Physical-Think Twice
You have probably seen advertisements in newspapers and magazines for life insurance requiring no physical examination, as a condition for getting insured. These policies are also known as “guaranteed issue” or “simplified issue” policies, with simplified issue insurance requiring that you just answer a few medical questions. On the surface of it, it seems like “no exam” is the type of life insurance that anyone would prefer. Why would I want to go to the trouble of getting a physical examination when so many companies seem very eager to sell me term life insurance no physical? (more…)
November 7, 2009
Buy Term Life Insurance Online-Here’s Why
If you are trying to ensure that you are getting the best price for your term life policy today, possibly the best way is to buy term life insurance online. Insurance is a massive industry these days, with seemingly many more small players than there used to be, and this means that there is more competition than ever. This is good for you because it means that you have a lot of choices when it comes time to comparing term life insurance cost. Keep in mind that as there are many other (more…)
November 6, 2009
Key Man Insurance And Corporate Planning
Key man life insurance, also known as key person insurance, exists to protect companies from the loss of people who are vital to the function of their business. The idea is that a contribution of some employees is so large that the risk their potential loss is worth paying to ensure against. We are not talking about typical employees here, we’re talking about employees with super-specialized knowledge or those who bring a completely original or unique contribution to an enterprise. They could be (more…)
November 5, 2009
November 3, 2009
Difference Between Term And Whole Life Insurance
If you’re not clear on the precise difference between term and whole life Insurance, you have come to the right guide on insurance. I promise: by the end of this short article you will be clear.
There a few major differences, so let’s take them one at a time. Term life is is insurance that you buy for a limited, defined term. This term could be as little as a year, but it’s usually between 10 and 30 years. Whole life, on the other hand is good for the whole of your life, i.e. until (more…)
Mortgage Life Insurance Leads-An Outline For Agents
A mortgage can be defined as a kind of loan which is obtained to purchase a property. However, the term mortgage can also be used as an act of keeping a property as collateral for debt repayment. There are home buyers who borrow 90% to 95% or even more of the value of the property and are then tempted to obtain a life insurance policy for themselves to cover the repayment of the borrowed amount in the event that they pass away before the mortgage is fully paid off. At stake is (more…)
November 2, 2009
Life Insurance For Elderly People
It’s no secret that it becomes harder and more expensive to get life insurance as you get older. Life insurance companies prefer to cater to younger people who have a good chance of outliving their term life policies or paying into whole life policies for several decades. But this isn’t to say you have no options if you would like to use an insurance policy to take care of your final expenses while you are still alive, or leave a payout of some amount to your heirs when you pass away. (more…)
November 1, 2009
Over 50 Life Insurance Tips
As people now live longer than ever before, it is not surprising that insurance companies have changed the products that they offer policyholders. It used to be that if you were over 50 life insurance was going to be an expensive proposition, and the choices that you would have in terms of the policies available to you would be pretty limited. The problem was that to give relatively low-premium term insurance with no cash value to people who were fairly likely to die within the term of the policy was not very (more…)