Jim Lusk remembers going to the wake of one of his clients who had died after being hit by a truck. The client’s widow pulled him aside and asked if she and her kids were going to be financially OK. “I told her, ‘We’re going to pay off your mortgage, all of your debt, all of the funeral expenses, your kid’s college education, and you’ll have enough money so you don’t have to work again. That’s how much he loved you,’” says Lusk, a chartered life insurance underwriter and financial consultant. “‘She left the room and I bawled my eyes out.” It’s the kind of rare story that has driven Lusk to sell life...
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Africa: I'm HIV+, but Can I Still Take Out Life Insurance? opinion By Karen Holden | a City Law Firm HIV status is protected in Britain by the Equality Act, so insurers should be non-discriminatory Karen Holden is an LGBT+ lawyer and founder of A City Law Firm It is a commonly held misconception that those who live with HIV will be unable to obtain life insurance, but your HIV status is protected under the Equality Act and insurance offers should be non-discriminatory. The majority of life insurance contracts in the UK do not have exclusions for any medical conditions, including HIV, if diagnosed after the cover has started. Most policies do not require you to update them of any new...
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FWD Group has agreed to invest in a significant minority stake in PT Asuransi BRI Life, the life insurance arm of PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. FWD’s agreement to invest in BRI Life follows its recent acquisition of PT Commonwealth Life and the signing of a 15-year distribution partnership with PT Bank Commonwealth in Indonesia. Through the transaction, FWD will begin working closely with BRI as part of the strategic partnership, with the goal of transforming BRI Life into a leading life insurance company in Indonesia. BRI is one of the largest banks in Indonesia, with more than 120 million customers, and is a market leader in micro and consumer banking. According to FWD,...
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Haven Life is one of a new breed of life insurance players aiming to streamline the life insurance shopping process. With Haven Life, you do everything online — from getting a quote to e-signing your documents. In this Haven Life review, we’re going to take a look at the product offerings, how much they cost and what kind of freebies you get when you’re a customer. Here’s What You Need to Know About Haven Life Insurance Buying life insurance is something so many of us know we need to do, but we just don’t get around to it. That’s partly because the traditional life insurance application process is really cumbersome. You used to have to sit down with an...
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The owner of a small company purchased and paid the premiums for life insurance policies on four of its key employees, allowing each to designate their chosen beneficiaries. When one of the key employees left employment, he requested payment of the cash value of his policy. Although no formal plan document outlined such a benefit, the employee asserted that the covered employees generally understood that after a certain period of time, in addition to death benefits, they would be entitled to the cash value of the policies. (Also, a cash value payment had been made upon a previous employee’s termination.) The owner claimed the former employee was not entitled to such benefit. The former...
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How to Choose the Right One? After deciding to buy life insurance, you have to think about whether you want to get whole life insurance or term life insurance. Now, this can be very confusing because there are many factors to consider. The purpose of life insurance is to provide financial safety for your family after your death. Each of the insurances has its own merit. This is why while choosing between the two types, you will have to think about the benefits they will provide and the cost it will occur to get them. In this article, we will talk about everything you need to know about whole life insurance and term life insurance so that you can decide the best that suits your needs....
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SEATTLE, April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- JennyLife , a no-health-exam-required life insurance provider for women and moms seeking to protect their family's financial stability, today announced it has secured $3.5 million in Series A funding for a total raise of $5 million, from CMFG Ventures (venture arm of CUNA Mutual Group) and undisclosed luminaries from within the insurance industry. JennyLife will use the funds to accelerate its ability to protect the 28.5 million families who have no mortality protection by focusing on technology development and growing its marketing to best attract and serve this audience. Brian Kaas, President CMFG Ventures and JennyLife board member, commented, "...
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Many tech startups are seeing a decline in business activity due to the COVID-19 outbreak. That’s not the case for Jenny Life, a Seattle life insurance startup that is experiencing an 800% spike in customer engagement since the novel coronavirus began spreading in the U.S. Jenny Life today announced a $3.5 million investment round to help fuel growth and support the increase in demand over the past few months. Founded in 2017 by insurance industry veterans Chirag Pancholi and Lief Larson, Jenny Life aims to help women and mothers apply for life insurance policies within minutes. The service differs from traditional sign-up processes — it does not require health exams or extensive paperwork...
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ICICI Pru Life gets IRDAI regulatory sandbox approval for five out of seven proposals The Indian life insurance industry may soon have loyalty programmes if ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company has its way. Loyalty programmes are one among the five new concepts the company has received approvals for under the IRDAI’s regulatory sandbox initiative. Of the seven concepts approved from the insurance industry, five have been bagged by ICICI Pru Life. The sandbox method lets insurers launch and test a product with a select group of customers for six months. “We have received concept approval for five out of the seven applications we made. This constructive step of the regulator to give...
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It’s time to finally understand what life insurance is, no matter how old you are. From landing your first real job to living in your own apartment to balancing your own budget, adulting can be hard. It’s easy to get caught up trying to navigate life and stay afloat as a young adult. You have new expenses and places to put your money: Think 401k or Roth IRA contributions, health insurance premiums, and student loan payments. Adding additional expenses, like life insurance, may seem like an unnecessary expense when you’re in your 20s or 30s, but you never know what life may throw at you. Believe it or not, having a term life insurance plan in place as a young adult may be one of the smartest...
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