There’s a simple commonality among all humans—just as we live, we die. And there’s no promise that we’ll live longer than those before us. Between 2018 and 2020, average life expectancy at birth in the United States decreased by about 1.9 years, with the average Black American’s life span decreasing by 3.25 years and the average Hispanic American’s decreasing by nearly 3.9 years. This unpredictability may make us want to secure our families’ livelihoods. In fact, 54% of Americans were covered by some type of life insurance in 2020, and the intent to buy life insurance is at an all-time high. But having a policy isn’t enough—one-third of life insurance policyholders don’t fully understand...
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Definition & Meaning of Term Insurance - What is Term Insurance? Many insurance companies in the market offer an array of term insurance plans and choosing one is a quite tiresome task. Most buyers are often confused about the meaning of term insurance and what is the right plan to go for. To make your selection easy, it is important to be aware of the term plan features, benefits, and terms and conditions. Definition of Term Insurance: The term insurance meaning can be regarded as the agreement between the insurance company and the policyholder (life assured), where a specific amount is paid to the policyholder’s family by the insurer in case of an unfortunate demise of the life...
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In McHugh v. Protective Life Ins., 40 Cal. App. 5th, 1166 (2019), the Court of Appeal affirmed a jury verdict in favor of a life insurance company, holding that statutes extending the required grace period before a policy can be terminated for nonpayment of premium do not apply retroactively to policies issued before the effective date of the statutes. Protective Life Insurance ("Protective Life") issued a 60-year term life insurance policy to William Patrick McHugh in 2005. The policy provided for a 31-day grace period before Protective Life could terminate it for failure to pay the premium. On January 1, 2013, Insurance Code sections 10113.71 and 10113.72 (the "Statutes") came into effect...
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What is term life insurance and how does it work? Term life insurance can serve as a cornerstone of a financial plan because it protects what matters most — the ones who you love, and who depend on you to provide for them. That’s why it’s crucial to make researching, selecting and buying the right policy for you as simple as possible. The more you know, the more empowered you can be to make the best financial choices for your family. You would think the critical elements of any sound financial plan would be simple to understand and to implement into our lives, right? Maybe in a perfect world, that’s how it works. But when it comes to financial products like life...
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Risk-sharing mutual aid societies are now among the largest and best-funded organisations on the planet - we call them "governments" <-- lengthy examples snipped> Providing insurance is no longer a mere money-spinner for governments. It is regarded as a core priority to help citizens manage some of life's biggest risks - unemployment, illness, disability and ageing. A term life insurance is essential if there isn't sufficient social safety net for individual basic needs. If that is the case, even the odd of pass away is very odd, it is not worth to save the $175. Additional note: In theory, if a regulated large insurance entity takes over the business of the universal risk pool than the...
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Term Life Insurance Definition Term life insurance is one of the most important and basic products any insurance agent or company can offer. But what is term life insurance, and how does it compare to other insurance options? As one of the most common insurance products, term life insurance is offered by just about every national and regional life insurance carrier. Before selecting a company, make sure it is properly licensed to do business by visiting the state insurance commission for the state the policy will be sold. The state insurance commission will also be able to provide any information regarding current or recent legal or regulatory problems the company may be embroiled in. Also...
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Term Insurance Plan: A Complete Analysis Term Insurance is the simplest and least expensive type of insurance. It pays benefits only upon the policy holder's death. Age is very important factor in determining the premium of a term policy. For example; with Annual Renewable Term Insurance, the policy holder pays a low premium in the beginning, which increases annually as he or she gets older. Term Insurance typically suitable for younger people with children and limited funds who are not covered through an employer. This type of policy helps such a person's heirs to cover all the expenses such as mortgage and college costs, estate taxes, and funeral expenses on his or her death. It...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Net income increases to EUR 618 million reflecting realized gains and lower other charges ● Underlying earnings decrease by 5% to EUR 1,010 million, reflecting lower fee income as a result of lower average asset balances in the US, and investments in the business to support growth ● Fair value losses of EUR 394 million, driven by a strengthening of insurance provisions in the Netherlands as a result of adverse credit spread movements ● Realized gains on investments of EUR 275 million, driven by the sale of bonds to optimize the investment portfolio in the Netherlands ● Other charges of EUR 93 million include EUR 64...
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Episode Description FEATURING CHRIS HAGAN, Andrew Busa AND VICTOR COLELLA Insurance needs vary depending on what stage of life you’re in. But regardless of whether you’re just starting your career, building assets and raising a family, or headed into retirement, the world presents perils that require protection. And that’s where insurance comes in. Tune in to hear Victor Colella, CFP® together with Adviser Investments’ own Chris Hagan and Andrew Busa discuss how risks change over time and the types of insurance you might use to cover yourself at every age. Listen to the whole episode or skip ahead to the age group most applicable to your situation if you or a loved one is in their 20s (2:00...
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Glenn Cooke is a life insurance industry veteran that uses marketing and technology to make life insurance easier for consumers to understand and purchase using his own twist on online marketing and building his own systems. 1. How Glenn generates leads online for his agency 2. Importance and tips Glenn uses to increase conversions from website visitor to lead on your website. 3. How and why he builds most of his life insurance agency technology himself. Click Here to View the Full Transcript Jeff Root: All right. So it’s my pleasure to have Glenn Cooke on the podcast. I’ve actually interacted with Glenn back in 2007 on the life insurance forum he actually built, and we just...
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