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Tuesday Filmstrip: Calculating Life Insurance

If you’re shopping for life insurance, it’s important to know how much life insurance to buy. Some people say you should merely multiply your salary by a factor of eight, but this week’s video offers a much more accurate method of determining how much coverage you should consider. Enjoy.

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Five Reasons to Buy Permanent Life Insurance

Many people think life insurance is a luxury they can’t afford, or is something that isn’t really necessary. While it’s true that some people live perfectly happy lives without life insurance, the reality is that these policies are meant to help the folks you leave behind. Why consider a permanent life insurance policy? Here are […]

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Term Life Insurance Sales Down, Whole and Universal Up

A.M. Best Co. has released results of a recent study which shows that last year, the face amount of life insurance issues declined 3.1% from the previous year, to a total of $2.87 trillion. On a business-issued basis, term life insurance saw a greater decline, decreasing 11.7% to $1.13 trillion, while group life business also […]

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Friday Film Strip: Life Insurance and Age

Many people have said that it’s never too early to buy life insurance, but does age really affect the cost? This video from YouTube and eHow answers that question.

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Missouri Hospitals Just Say No to Hiring Smokers

It’s long been known that having a smoking habit can affect what you pay for life insurance or health insurance, but starting next month, it will also mean you can’t get a job at seven of the hospitals in and around St. Louis, Missouri. Beginning in July, 2011, applicants to work at SSM Health Care […]

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Friday Filmstrip: Seniors and Life Insurance

As our parents age – and as we age – we often consider cashing in our life insurance policies, especially if we’re living on a fixed income. But is this a wise choice? Many television ads say yes, but this news spot from a couple of years ago offers a different opinion.

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Life Insurance for Your Mortgage?

Many people have heard of private mortgage insurance, which pays your lender if you default on your mortgage, but what can you do to make sure your mortgage is paid off if you die? One answer is mortgage protection life insurance, and it’s essentially just another kind of life insurance. Originally, mortgage life insurance policies […]

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Friday Filmstrips: Life Insurance is for Life’s Unscripted Plans

Alliance Insurance is sharing a series on why life insurance exists, and how it’s meant for life’s “unscripted” plans. We liked their ad enough to share it:

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Affordable Life Insurance and Chronic Conditions

It’s a common myth that that certain conditions prevent you from getting life insurance. These conditions include: heavy smoking alcoholism asthma mental illness (including clinical depression) cancer a heart condition The reality is that there are life insurance programs that will sell you coverage with any of these conditions, but you’ll have to do your […]

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