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		<title>Cheap Whole Life Insurance &#8211; A Guarantee in Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Elanora T. Kelly
Source: ezinearticles.com
Some people underestimate the importance of life. Realistic and prudent investment will have to get a good life. Cheap life insurance is most appropriate if the market wants to find one single term is life insurance. Policy line is a lot of information available. Some of them are cheap. Provide good [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Elanora T. Kelly<br />
Source: ezinearticles.com</p>
<p>Some people underestimate the importance of <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a>. Realistic and prudent investment will have to get a good <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a>. Cheap <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a> <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a> is most appropriate if the market wants to find one single term is <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a> <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a>. Policy line is a lot of information available. Some of them are cheap. Provide good deals too. Selection.Choose This is the best policy, in fact, give room to choose from a variety of companies to come handy when needed. May need long-term benefits to many low-cost <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a>. Objective is the long-term <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a> <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a> is affordable health <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a>. Even if you do not enjoy the prediction of future problems, always unpredictable easier.A deduction if the cost of unforeseen events is a sensible time for the measures do not apply to insurance. This is to increase corporate limits of the deductible, according to an affordable rate for you would be wise. It, please see me as a single investment. Comes with added benefits of lower insurance premiums than it costs. Related to high-deductible insurance cheap. How much insurance you use get.This takes time and effort on your part you need to know. A calculator handy, when you start your tax return, and you get next year is probably 15 years old. There are several aspects to consider. You have to run through year.Always retirement date of purchase of insurance, variable, and change things in time, price, your annual income and financial stability is considered, or multiplied by 700, or In the case of accident you have to charge you to use the numerical calculation, the expenditure on education. Given the possibility of what occurs in the next few years, family, new car or house, college, university etc.Take all financial requirements as new additions to the inventory, even if they are used in the next few years be. Is to calculate all these variables, including short-term and long-term needs. You take all the savings and financial assets. The search for this exercise in your life like insurance.Thoroughly investments from companies that they should study and give the entire amount of such offers. I buy it, to compare the price of such insurance. You finally coming to the package that meets your needs. Search diploma and reviews / details of this company. And if satisfied, go ahead and verify this a sound investment. Protect your family and your future.</p>
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		<title>Comparing Term Vs Whole Life Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Marie Ponsaran
Source: ezinearticles.com
There are two types of life insurance in one basic: a wide and long life. Life insurance is a permanent and universal insurance. Each type has advantages and limitations. Refer to the type of insurance versus whole life insurance compared to life in prison with life Let InsuranceAn needs.Term is a unique [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Marie Ponsaran<br />
Source: ezinearticles.com</p>
<p>There are two types of <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a> <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a> in one basic: a wide and long <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a>. <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>Life</b></a> <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a> is a permanent and universal <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a>. Each type has advantages and limitations. Refer to the type of <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a> versus whole <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a> <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a> compared to <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a> in prison with life Let InsuranceAn needs.Term is a unique investment that is the right choice of insurance. This is the insured event is an event that occurs the owner of the policy provides protection for subscribers. Insured event, life, illness, or worse, the insurance is too early death.The threaten the interests of the actual value is actually psychologically, this is what the unexpected insured &quot;rest&quot; on financial life on Assured.A provide term life insurance, this &quot;peace&quot; the only period of time. This period may be 10, 20 or 30 years. If the insured event, if occurring within the time specified, policy.However insured and beneficiary of the benefits, as well as long-term life insurance policies, investment policies, will be pure. This is the accumulation of cash value at maturity. Term life insurance is term life once that.Whole InsuranceAll than life imprisonment, and beneficial owner of the policy ends. However, limited time and limited range was created to address the issue of insurance for a new form of insurance. The long run these new policies, the changing times as much as any life policyholder.Aside policy, owners can go to provide significant economic value to the owner of a new form of insurance policy Check the right. Profitable insurance companies in addition to investment insurance.In premiums paid on the investment using the cost of credit insurance premiums to the insurance company interests. Collected from interest rate policy will be added to the cash investment. This is dead money against the term life insurance whole life insurance policy equal to the value benefit.Term 2 is effective only within the period specified times. Also, in addition to the award, if the cash value of the insured, illness or death, happens.Unlike events, such as insurance term life insurance is to protect the investments of life insurance for the rest of the policy His life provides a set of benefits for the owner and beneficiary. This investment policy, the insurance premium is to increase the portion of the monetary value paid by the insurance policy. These funds ventures.Aside other cases, the policy and the life of her sister, universal life, you may be interested in funds invested by the insurance company. And accumulate cash value, the policy, the insured claimed he retires.However, policies and problems of universal life and whole life is a mature high-cost double the amount of premiums paid. Give the same benefits and permanent life insurance costs following the same values and have a term life insurance.</p>
<p>Marie Ponsaran is an experienced Internet researcher, an independent blogger, and a freelance writer who writes articles on <a target="_new" href="http://www.insurance360.net/" rel="nofollow">term life insurance</a>, among others.</p>
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		<title>A Quick Look at Whole Life Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Dennis Jarvis
Source: isnare.com
The name of this site is etermlifeinsurancequote.com for a reason&#8230;term is the most affordable way to insure against the risks that accompany someone passing away early. This begs the question&#8230;what about the main alternative, whole life insurance? That&#8217;s a good question and it&#8217;s really the first question to answer in order to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Dennis Jarvis<br />
Source: isnare.com</p>
<p>The name of this site is eterm<a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a><a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a>quote.com for a reason&#8230;term is the most affordable way to insure against the risks that accompany someone passing away early. This begs the question&#8230;what about the main alternative, whole <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a> <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a>? That&#8217;s a good question and it&#8217;s really the first question to answer in order to make an informed decision. Let&#8217;s look a little closer at how whole <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a> <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a> works (and doesn&#8217;t).</p>
<p>Whole <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a> is exactly what it says. The protection of whole <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>life</b></a> will continue as long as the premium is paid (whether by you or by the policies cash value/dividend). You are protecting the insured for his/her entire lifetime. Suffice it to say, whole life policies always pay out. There will always be a benefit paid regardless of whether a person passes away tomorrow or at age 90.  To many people, this a reassuring thought and addresses the most common misunderstanding of <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a>&#8230;&#8221;What if don&#8217;t pass away during the period of term life I purchased and I paid all that money?&#8221;. This is akin to the &#8220;What if I never get sick&#8221; argument with health <a href="http://blog.cs49.com"><b>insurance</b></a> and it shows a critical misunderstanding of how insurance works and our views of risk and probability. Read that last sentence over and the let&#8217;s look at how the life insurance companies came up with a way to satisfy this basic fear much to their financial benefit&#8230;whole life insurance.</p>
<p>So you&#8217;re now a life insurance executive in charge of new plans for the company. There&#8217;s plenty of jokes I can enter here but it&#8217;s too easy so we&#8217;ll move on.  People in marketing are telling you about this strange fact that people like to get something for money they pay and a lot of the population doesn&#8217;t purchase life insurance because they very well may not get anything. Even though those people know the risk of going without, they can&#8217;t get past paying money now for some possible benefit in the future. There&#8217;s a disconnect. Voila&#8230;whole life insurance. You pitch it to the company and they think you&#8217;re crazy. &#8220;We can&#8217;t insure against a risk that has a 100% chance of happening&#8230;we&#8217;ll either have to charge the full amount (plus profit, overhead, inflation, etc) or go broke!&#8221; Well, let&#8217;s just say the carrier didn&#8217;t go broke by selling whole life insurance. In fact, it&#8217;s one of their most profitable types of insurance and life insurance brokers are pretty excited to show you whole life as well. Perhaps they just all feel it&#8217;s a better product or maybe they understand that some people will go without life insurance all together if there isn&#8217;t something more tangible for the money they pay. You may agree with this but understand that you are paying significantly to do so.</p>
<p>How does the company 1) offer whole life considering the fact they will have to pay out and 2) attract people to purchase whole life due to the cost resulting from item 1?  To answer question #1, the carrier has to charge considerably more money to offer whole life. You can think of it this way. Let&#8217;s look at $100K benefit. One way to think of it is that they will charge you $100K plus a certain percentage to cover profit, overhead, inflation, cash value (we&#8217;ll discuss later) over your statistically expected remaining years. That&#8217;s a lot of money you have to pay and this is the reason whole life is so much more expensive than term. To some extent, you&#8217;re paying a dollar to get a dollar (actually less than).</p>
<p>As to question 2, how does the carrier attract people to buy this much more expensive life insurance policy? The first way goes to the disconnect that caused the company to create whole life in the beginning. The guarantee of a benefit. &#8220;Why would you pay money and get nothing in return with term&#8221; is likely the pitch. But they need more to &#8220;sweeten&#8221; the deal. What if your policy builds up a cash value that you own. We&#8217;ll take some of the extra premium and give it back to you over the course of the policy. At some point, the cash value and/or dividends can even pay the premium of the policy. Now, people are satisfied. Yes, they are paying a lot more but they will get some of back. The problem is that they will get a lot less of it back than they pay relative to the cost of term life.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re absolutely adamant about the &#8220;whole life&#8221; length of protection for whole life, then by all means. We can help you in this regard. We just think it&#8217;s important to get an impartial understanding of what you are paying for. Insurance, at it&#8217;s core, is about insuring the probability of a risk. Anything that strays from this framework quickly approaches something else and usually at your expense.</p>
<p>Dennis Jarvis is a licensed insurance agent concentrating on <a href="http://www.etermlifeinsurancequote.com" rel="nofollow">term life insurance</a>. Shop, compare, and instantly quote multiple carriers with professional guidance and resources.</p>
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		<title>Cash Value and Life Insurance Policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Dennis Jarvis
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f you&#8217;re shopping for life insurance long enough, you&#8217;re bound to come across the term cash value. It&#8217;s typically a function of how whole life insurance is designed. As we discussed in our whole life insurance article, the cash value bell and whistle may be just that but it&#8217;s important to dig [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Dennis Jarvis<br />
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<p>f you&#8217;re shopping for life insurance long enough, you&#8217;re bound to come across the term cash value. It&#8217;s typically a function of how whole life insurance is designed. As we discussed in our whole life insurance article, the cash value bell and whistle may be just that but it&#8217;s important to dig a little deeper and understand how it works and why it&#8217;s a part of life insurance policies at all. Let&#8217;s look closer at the cash value component of whole life.</p>
<p>My father-in-law was an old New York Life agent right out of college. He&#8217;s been an insurance broker (now independent) for more than 40 years now. That&#8217;s persistence! His daughter (my wife) has some small whole life insurance policies that were taken out when she was very young by her father. We still get the statements which run through the premium paid, life benefit, and&#8230;.whole life cash value. She&#8217;s had the policy for years (decades) now and that cash value amount is not that great. What is it and why is it even there?</p>
<p>When you buy a whole life policy, a small percentage of your premium will go towards your policies cash value which is similar to an account you have within you life policy. It is your asset and you can even borrow against it. If the amount becomes high enough, you may be able to pay the premium with the interest or dividend that this amount earns. In our opinion, it amounts to an expensive savings account built right into your policy which begs the question&#8230;why have it at all. Why not charge less money for the life insurance premium and skip this whole cash value step all together?</p>
<p>First, the cynical view. Whole life insurance is quite a bit more expensive than term life and people have trouble departing with money. If you can tell someone comparing life insurance plans that some of the premium will be given back to them in the form of cash values accumulating in the policy, it makes parting a little easier. You can even say that at some point in the future, the cash value will high enough to pay the premium. That sounds great when you sitting around a table contemplating a very large whole life insurance premium payment. To some extent (here comes the cynicism), why not reduce that expensive premium payment and just let a person invest or save the difference themselves? That&#8217;s wouldn&#8217;t sell many whole life policies, now would it.</p>
<p>Okay, we&#8217;ll assume all is right with the world and look at any positives we can find with the cash value concept. Usually, you can borrow against cash value for periods of time. You&#8217;re essentially borrowing from yourself and paying interest to yourself but that&#8217;s how it&#8217;s structured. The money that accumulates is typically tax-deferred. If a business is paying the premium, these cash value amounts borrow might not be subject to tax but ultimately, the loan should be paid back to keep the policy in good standing. Indeed, the cash value may one day be large enough to pay the premium but so might separately invested funds saved by buying term life and investing/saving the rest. The argument seems to be whether the gain is higher within the life insurance company&#8217;s control versus out (say through your bank or investment brokerage).</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t see how that&#8217;s possible and we&#8217;re left with the fact that cash values, dividends, and the like are just different shades of lipstick on a pig. People like to get something for money they are paying and in our opinions, cash values address this psychological need more than a financial need. If you absolutely need to have life insurance for your entire life and guarantee some benefit is paid to your loved ones then whole life might be a good fit. Just realize it comes at a cost.</p>
<p>Dennis Jarvis is a licensed insurance agent concentrating on <a rel="nofollow,nofollow" href="http://www.etermlifeinsurancequote.com">term life insurance</a>. Shop, compare, and instantly quote multiple carriers with professional guidance and resources.</p>
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		<title>Which is the Best Life Insurance Policy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Andrew Stevenson Ph.D.
Source: ezinearticles.com
When you&#8217;re searching for the best life insurance policy for you, one of the most important considerations is the type of insurance you&#8217;re purchasing. While the differences between these policies aren&#8217;t always explained very well, they offer different coverage, different premiums, and different exclusions and so should influence what you purchase.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Andrew Stevenson Ph.D.<br />
Source: ezinearticles.com</p>
<p>When you&#8217;re searching for the best life insurance policy for you, one of the most important considerations is the type of insurance you&#8217;re purchasing. While the differences between these policies aren&#8217;t always explained very well, they offer different coverage, different premiums, and different exclusions and so should influence what you purchase.</p>
<p>Life insurance falls into 4 main categories though it can often look like there are more because different companies will title them differently. Getting familiar with each type will help you know what sort of policy you&#8217;re looking and which one will be the best life insurance policy for you.</p>
<p>Term Life</p>
<p>Term insurance will pay your beneficiaries a certain, specified amount of money in case of your death in exchange for a regular premium. These policies generally have a specified length of coverage, or term, after which they are no longer valid. Most of these policies pay out in case of death only and not if you contract a serious illness or are in an accident that seriously prevents you from returning to active work.</p>
<p>Term life can be the best insurance policy for you if you are looking for the lowest personal investment, or premium. On the other hand, if you do not die during the specified term of coverage, you receive nothing in spite of your investment.</p>
<p>Whole Life</p>
<p>Whole life does not have a fixed term of coverage and so is considered permanent insurance. In addition, this type of insurance policy has a cash value on top of the specified death benefit, and you can access that cash value at any time. However, anytime you use money from the cash value of your policy, it is considered a loan and your beneficiaries may not receive the entire death benefit if you die before paying it back.</p>
<p>While whole insurance policies usually have significantly higher premiums than term life policies, the greater flexibility and permanence of the insurance can outweigh this downside. If you can spend a little more on premiums, a whole life policy may be the best life insurance for you.</p>
<p>Universal Life</p>
<p>Universal life offers some similar benefits but more flexibility than whole life insurance. Most universal policies offer flexible premiums, and distinguish between what you&#8217;re paying for the death benefit and cash value of the policy (which many whole life polices do not offer).</p>
<p>If you want the benefits of whole life but know you cannot afford the premiums at this point, a universal policy can allow you to have a permanent insurance policy with some cash value and lower premiums.</p>
<p>Endowment Life Insurance</p>
<p>Endowment insurance policies build up a cash value until the total amount of the policy equals the death benefit. At this time, the policy reaches its endowment age and pays out whether you have died or not after a specific amount of time or when you reach a certain age.</p>
<p>If you cannot afford high premiums, this is not the best life insurance policy for you. However, if you want some guaranteed income provided you live past a certain age check out this type of life insurance.</p>
<p>No matter which type of life insurance you choose, you should know what you&#8217;re getting. That way, you can insure that the choice you make is for the best life insurance policy you can find.</p>
<p>Andrew Stevenson is an experienced Insurance Adviser. For easy to understand Insurance Advice please Checkout His site: <a target="_new" href="http://coverlifeinsurance.com/" rel="nofollow">http://coverlifeinsurance.com</a></p>
<p>You can find plenty more easy hints and tips on how to find the best insurance policy to suit you here <a target="_new" href="http://bestlifeinsurancepolicy.org/choose-the-best-life-insurance-policy/" rel="nofollow">Life Insurance Policy</a></p>
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		<title>Use Life Insurance to Make a Charitable Donation with Lasting Benefits</title>
		<link>http://blog.cs49.com/2009/10/19/use-life-insurance-to-make-a-charitable-donation-with-lasting-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jane</dc:creator>
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I have always been a fan of using life insurance as a way to make a charitable donation. It provides benefits to the organization you are supporting in both the near and short term.  Once it is set up, administration is easy for you and the organization.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Ron Strand<br />
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<p>I have always been a fan of using life insurance as a way to make a charitable donation. It provides benefits to the organization you are supporting in both the near and short term.  Once it is set up, administration is easy for you and the organization.<br />
Life insurance would probably be used more often for this purpose if it was easier to understand.  There are variations, but probably the most straightforward is to purchase a life insurance policy from an agent.  A type of life insurance called whole life insurance must be used for this purpose. Term life insurance is ideal for other situations, but doesn&#8217;t work for this application. Your agent can explain why this is the case. Life insurance rates vary, so it is a good idea to get a life insurance quote from a few different agents, or check life insurance rates online.  Age, health and lifestyle all have an effect life insurance rates.<br />
At time of purchase of the life insurance policy, you should designate the organization you are supporting as the beneficiary of the insurance proceeds. This means that when you die, the life insurance benefit goes to the charity. Once you purchase the life insurance policy and it is issued, you must then assign ownership of the life insurance policy to the organization. You continue to make the premium payments to the life insurance company, who will issue you an annual tax receipt that can be deducted as a charitable donation.<br />
In summary, you receive the same tax benefits as if you made a donation, the organization accrues equity in the life insurance policy that it can use at any time, and when you die, the organization receives the life insurance proceeds.  These final proceeds may be far more than the sum of payments you have made. As mentioned earlier, there are a few variations to this concept and regulations regarding tax deductions and other tax considerations vary from country to country, so check with a life insurance agent or do some more research about life insurance online before you proceed.<br />
Ron Strand is a college instructor and consultant. He has written some of his 30 years of fundraising experiences in a new website,  Ron&#8217;s Fundraising Ideas.</p>
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		<title>The Benefits Of A Whole Life Insurance Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Craig Thornburrow
Source: articledashboard.com
What are the benefits of whole life insurance? A whole life insurance policy covers you for your entire life, not just for a specific period of time. Can I obtain a whole life insurance quote? Absolutely; and here are some of the ways you can.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Craig Thornburrow<br />
Source: articledashboard.com</p>
<p>What are the benefits of whole life insurance? A whole life insurance policy covers you for your entire life, not just for a specific period of time. Can I obtain a whole life insurance quote? Absolutely; and here are some of the ways you can.</p>
<p>By going online, you can access a whole life insurance quote and determine the amount of insurance you need to protect your family in the event of your death. Whole life insurance can help you pay accrued debts in the event of your death; it can provide enough money to cover expenses in order to avoid having to sell any personal possessions; and it affords a cash value to supplement your retirement. </p>
<p>How do you acquire whole life insurance? Once you have chosen a whole life insurance policy and purchase it, the accrual of its cash value begins after the first year. The cash can be used to buy a home; pay for your children&#8217;s college education; and can be utilized for other family emergencies. If you choose to cash in the dividends which have been accrued, you can. With a whole life insurance policy, the insurance will be paid out to your beneficiaries and will not be taxed. </p>
<p>The most common choices among whole life insurance are: traditional, interest-sensitive, and single-premium whole life. Traditional guarantees a minimum rate of return on your cash value portion. Interest-sensitive affords a variable rate on your cash value portion. Note that with interest-sensitive whole life, you can have more flexibility with your policy such as increasing your death benefit without having to raise your premiums. A single-premium is for an individual who prefers to purchase a policy outright. This type of insurance accrues cash value and has the same tax shelter on returns. </p>
<p>A whole life insurance policy guarantees that a portion of your premium goes towards your cash value which could more than likely pay off your entire policy only after a few years. Your premium will also remain constant during the time you are covered, unless you choose otherwise. By researching and obtaining a whole life insurance quote either online or by telephone, you can then contact the appropriate company and set up an appointment to further discuss your needs.</p>
<p>Insurance professionals would recommend life insurance not be used exclusively as an investment, and that judging your policy choices on the protection it affords and not just on the return it gives should be of utmost concern. However, if you are in need of a whole life insurance quote, check out the various companies online. It is important to remember that your main concern should be the protection of your family in case they need to be taken care of in any eventuality.</p>
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		<title>Do You Have a &#8220;Universal Life Policy?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Raul Ramirez
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What kind of life insurance policy do you have? Is it a &#8220;term&#8221; policy? Is it a &#8220;whole life&#8221; policy or &#8220;universal life policy?&#8221; If you don&#8217;t know what kind of policy you have, you could be in big trouble. Everyone needs to know what kind of policy they have, how much [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Raul Ramirez<br />
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<p>What kind of life insurance policy do you have? Is it a &#8220;term&#8221; policy? Is it a &#8220;whole life&#8221; policy or &#8220;universal life policy?&#8221; If you don&#8217;t know what kind of policy you have, you could be in big trouble. Everyone needs to know what kind of policy they have, how much it is and the most important factor, how long it will last. But too many times in my career I have met with people that don&#8217;t know what kind of policy they have or I have heard this &#8220;My husband or wife takes care of that.&#8221; What are you going to do when you need to know this vital information? This information could be the difference between being able to pay estate taxes or landing in the poor house. The point is you need to know.<br />
This article focuses on the &#8220;universal life&#8221; policy which came really into bloom during the eighties and was touted as a new way to fund life insurance right in between whole life and term life.  The &#8220;universal life&#8221; or &#8220;flexible premium life&#8221; allowed you to do what it says, &#8220;be flexible&#8221; with your premiums, you could pay this much or that much and keep the face amount but the &#8220;cash bearing&#8221; aspect of the policy would be different depending on how much you paid into it. This kind of policy can be a powerful tool in insurance planning if done correctly but can lead to disaster as well and I have seen this one too many times.<br />
I sat one time across from a gentleman just about to turn 70 and was reviewing his policy which was in fact a universal life policy. We were looking at it when we came to the part in the policy called the schedule of premiums and the contract outlay and low and behold, his policy was in default due to lack of premiums and cash value. Needless to say this man&#8217;s insurance policy was not any good and he was 70 years old. This can and will happen to you if you don&#8217;t look at your policy and know what you have and where your money is going. Age 70 is not a good time to start shopping for life insurance.<br />
This is what happens in situations like this and it can and could have already happened to you. The agent has sold you an under-funded policy. By this I mean that you are not paying enough premiums to sustain the life of the policy. If you had an agent sell you a universal life policy without an illustration to age 100 showing the policy lasting through to this age, you might have made a mistake and more than likely you have an under-funded policy. This could have happened by either the agent looking for a quick sale or the premium was too much for you budget so you decided on the lesser amount. Either way this should have never happened.<br />
Part of the monthly payment goes towards insurance and the remainder goes towards the cash account. What is usually not discussed is that the cost of insurance goes up every year. The earlier years it is not noticeable but as you get older those costs increase. Now as the years go by you are still making that $50 a month payment but the cost of the policy is actually $75, where is the difference being made up from? If you answered the cash account you are right. Every month, $25 dollars is being pulled from the cash account and every year that will increase as well. You will not get a call from the agent telling you that you need to increase your monthly premium. This is why it is called under-funded and you and your family will pay dearly for it with the cost of having no insurance when it counts.<br />
The solution is easy. Most states now require an illustration because of this deception so make sure you get an illustration and the agent shows you where the policy last through age 100. More than likely when this happens a good agent will be able to show you that your policy face amount has increased as a result of good funding. Never the less you will then have the peace of mind knowing your life insurance will be in force and you won&#8217;t be one of the unlucky people shopping for life insurance at the age of 70. Actually the goal I have for each and every one of my clients is to have a universal life policy that when they retire they will never have to pay another premium again. Retirement is the time to stop paying bills, not increase them.<br />
Raul Ramirez is a licensed agent in the state of Florida. He owns and operates Gulf Breeze Insurance Inc. http://www.gulfbreezeinsurance.com an independent Florida health insurance, Florida Dental Insurance and Life insurance agency. Please feel free to use this article on your website or newsletter so as you include the bylines.</p>
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		<title>Tips for Shopping Health Insurance and Life Insurance Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Natalie Aranda
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If you&#8217;ve found your way here, you&#8217;ve no doubt decided you need
to purchase a new insurance policy or add to your existing level
of insurance. It can be a little confusing deciding just what
you need. So let&#8217;s cover some of the most popular types of
insurance. 
Critical Illness Insurance Heart disease, stroke and cancer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Natalie Aranda<br />
Source: articleage.com</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve found your way here, you&#8217;ve no doubt decided you need<br />
to purchase a new insurance policy or add to your existing level<br />
of insurance. It can be a little confusing deciding just what<br />
you need. So let&#8217;s cover some of the most popular types of<br />
insurance. </p>
<p>Critical Illness Insurance Heart disease, stroke and cancer are<br />
just a few of the critical illness that bring a chill to your<br />
spine when you are diagnosed. The good news is that with the<br />
advances with modern medicine many illness that even recently<br />
were almost always fatal can now be treated and life goes on as<br />
normal. However, in a worst-case scenario, critic<br />
al illness insurance helps you cope with the expense of your<br />
illness while you are treated and helps your loved ones to go on<br />
unencumbered by the financial burden left by a long illness<br />
should you lose the battle.</p>
<p>Disability Insurance One of the most popular forms of<br />
supplemental insurance, Disability Insurance pays you a<br />
percentage of your income as a benefit should you become<br />
disabled. You use these benefits to help with out of pocket<br />
expenses not covered by your major medical policy and to pay<br />
your household bills while you recover from a temporary<br />
disability or a lump sum payment or a life long benefit in the<br />
case of a permanent disability. </p>
<p>When shopping for a Life Insurance quote, Term Life Insurance<br />
and Whole Life Insurance are the two most popular choices. Let&#8217;s<br />
explain each of these:</p>
<p>Whole Life Insurance When shopping for a Whole<br />
Life Insurance quote you will find that, the policy remains<br />
in force during your entire lifetime as long as the premiums are<br />
paid. The type of life insurance also builds what is commonly<br />
called a cash value that you borrow under certain circumstance<br />
after a period of time.</p>
<p>Term Life Insurance When shopping for a Term Life Insurance<br />
quote keep in mind that this insurance will cover you for a<br />
specified time only such as five years. Your premiums do not<br />
increase during the term of your policy but will likely increase<br />
once it is time to renew the term. Term Life Insurance does not<br />
build a cash value. </p>
<p>Term life is generally cheaper if you are younger in age and a<br />
good starting point for a safety net for a young family until<br />
you&#8217;re ready to invest in long-term whole life insurance.</p>
<p>Now you&#8217;re fully informed to make the right choices as to just<br />
what new or additional insurance to choose for yourself and your<br />
family.</p>
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		<title>Whole Of Life Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author: Alan Hope -
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Whole of Life Insurance is a form of life assurance that is offered by several insurance companies and advise about such cover should be obtained from a suitably authorised financial adviser.
Whole of Life Insurance is often taken out for family protection purposes to provide a lump sum to your dependants in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Author: Alan Hope -<br />
Source: articledashboard.com</p>
<p>Whole of Life Insurance is a form of life assurance that is offered by several insurance companies and advise about such cover should be obtained from a suitably authorised financial adviser.</p>
<p>Whole of Life Insurance is often taken out for family protection purposes to provide a lump sum to your dependants in the event of your death.</p>
<p>Whole of Life Insurance provides life cover as the title describes-potentially for the whole of your life i.e whenever you die the policy will pay out as long as you maintain the premiums. This is different to Level Term Assurance which usually only pays out if you were to die during the term of the policy. Hence the cost of Whole of Life Insurance is usually greater than that of Level Term Assurance.</p>
<p>The premiums for a whole life insurance policy are normally invested in a fund and the cost of providing the cover is taken out of the fund. The policy is often reviewable after 10 years to assess if there is sufficient monies in the fund to continue to provide the level of cover required. There are a number of options available at this time i.e.do you need to increase the level of premiums if there is insufficient monies left in the fund to maintain the same level of life cover. The whole life insurance policy is then reviewable again in say 5 or 10 years time when the same assessment is made and the level of cover is agreed for a further period. Should you decide that there is no longer any need for the whole of life cover you can cancel the policy and you may receive a lump sum representing the surrender value of the policy.</p>
<p>Whole of Life Insurance policies often have other options such as the ability for the level of life cover and/or the premiums to increase automatically each year. There is often an option to include Critical Illness cover in the policy so that the policy would pay out either upon earlier diagnosis of a specific critical illness i.e. heart attack, cancer, stroke, kidney failure or upon death which ever happens first.</p>
<p>As can be seen whole of life insurance is a flexible policy with many options so, as stated earlier, you should seek sound advice from a suitably authorised financial adviser as to whether a whole life insurance policy is suitable to meet your requirements</p>
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