When you buy term life insurance, it is important to decide how long your policy will need to last. Thirty years is the longest term life policy offered by most insurance companies — and purchasing such a policy will likely depend on your needs. Let’s explore how a 30-year term life insurance policy works and some life situations in which it could be an attractive option for you and your family. What Is a 30-Year Term Life Policy? With a 30-year term life policy, you receive temporary life insurance coverage for a finite time period. Once underwriting is completed and your policy goes into effect, your coverage lasts for 30 years as long as you continue to pay your premiums to...
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Should I Convert My Term Life Insurance to Permanent Life Insurance? Your Term Life Insurance covers you for a specific period of time, common terms are 10, 15, 20, and 30 years. If you die during the Term Period, your beneficiary receives the death benefit on your Policy. Your Term Life Insurance Policy provides a cost-effective way to cover expenses like debt, or to replace a wage earner’s income, so your loved ones will not be financially burdened. But what if Your Life Insurance needs change? And what if you need Life Insurance Coverage beyond the expiration date on your Term Life Policy? Does your Term Life Insurance Policy come with an option to convert to Permanent Life Insurance...
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Whole Life insurance premiums and the policy’s attendant fees tend to be much higher than those of Term Life policies, however, you are paying for more benefits, features, and greater flexibility. Have you heard that there are circumstances under which a life insurance policy can help fund your retirement lifestyle? This guide will explain how and when a life insurance policy can figure into your retirement planning. What Types of Life Insurance are There? There are several variations on these two general types of life insurance, unique to each insurance company: Term Life Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance. Term life insurance is a policy purchased for a set number of years that only pays...
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NEW YORK, May 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian Life) unveiled a new feature of its Guardian Level Term life insurance, a built-in charitable benefit rider . The term insurance product offers level pricing for the duration of the policy that helps create protection for families and the ability to create a charitable giving legacy. Nearly two-thirds of Americans have donated to charity over the last year . Yet, being able to bequeath a donation to a charity is often perceived as reserved for the wealthy. Guardian Life's Level Term with the built-in Charitable Benefit allows those who are charitable-minded to support their charity of...
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Though 40 may be the new 30, the reality is that it's 10 years closer to retirement. So you need to really get serious about boosting your savings and making other smart money-related decisions that'll set the stage for financial security down the line. Here are a few specific milestones you should aim to hit before you officially turn the big 4-0. 1. Have a fully loaded emergency fund Before you can really think about saving for the future, you need to make sure you have enough money to cover unplanned bills at present. And that's where your emergency fund comes in. Ideally, that account should contain enough money to cover three to six months of essential living expenses. That way, if you...
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Private life insurance company IDBI Federal Life Insurance is looking to build business through the proprietary distribution channels. In an interaction with Moneycontrol, Vighnesh Shahane, MD & CEO, IDBI Federal Life Insurance said IDBI Bank has now gone slow on selling IDBI Federal Life policies since they have started selling products of LIC. IDBI Federal Life Insurance's parent IDBI Bank is now owned by LIC after acquiring 51 percent stake from the government. LIC also infused Rs 21,000 crore in the bank as a part of the stake purchase process. “We have seen a 60 percent drop in the business from IDBI Bank since they are now required to sell LIC policies because the latter is...
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Time to review the performance of each non-life insurance companies in the fourth quarter! Find out which company earned how much! Last week, we analyzed the performance of life insurance companies in the fourth quarter of 2075/76. This week, we will understand how non-life insurance companies performed in the same quarter. Among the insurance companies, the non-life insurance companies existing in Nepal are: Besides the above mentioned companies, two unlisted companies are National Insurance Company Limited and Oriental Insurance Company Limited. Similarly, General Insurance Company Nepal Limited, Ajod Insurance Limited and Sanima Insurance Company Limited are newly licensed insurance...
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Locking in your business exit strategy with a buy-sell agreement and funding it with life insurance can create great certainty. The reason is that it will accommodate the continuity of your business in the broadest range of circumstances. Planning for your business continuation when you or your business partners exit is critical. It could mean the difference between business transfer becoming the capstone of your success or a slippery slope to financial demise. Planning for Business Ownership and Control When a Partner Exits If you’re in business with a partner or several, you may wonder what would happen if something happened to them, or you. What about when or if one of you wants to...
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Term plan provides you higher cover at a lesser premium (Photo: iStockphoto) How to prepare for a financial emergency 1 min read . Updated: 24 Aug 2019, 10:10 AM IST Staff Writer In case of a job loss or pay cut or any kind of unforeseen circumstances that affect your income, the emergency fund acts as a back up to your expenses Irrespective of the condition of the economy, and even before you start saving and investing, you need to have a health insurance policy The first financial kitty you must have is an emergency fund. This fund will take care of your emergency needs. In case of a job loss or pay cut or any kind of unforeseen circumstances that affect your income, the emergency fund...
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Do you ever worry if your family will be okay financially when you’re gone? If there will be enough to pay the bills? Enough money for them to maintain their current standard of living? These worries are common and it’s the reason people buy life insurance. Life insurance can cover everything from burial and final expenses for handling the estate, replacing lost income for your family, and/or paying off a mortgage and other debt that you may leave behind. The more of these bills that are covered in a life insurance plan, the less financial strain on your family. Even though life insurance is important, there are a lot of misconceptions about life insurance. Here are 3 of the...
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