<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741</id><updated>2011-04-23T17:42:51.927-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life Insurance</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-3506169720280820446</id><published>2011-04-23T17:42:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:42:20.066-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='How to Sell Insurance'/><title type='text'>How to Sell Insurance</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="modfloat full"&gt;&lt;div class="module moduleText color0" id="mod_5833624"&gt;&lt;h2 class="subtitle"&gt;How to Sell Insurance&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="txtd" id="txtd_5833624"&gt;If you are looking for information on how to sell your life insurance policy, go to my article on &lt;a href="http://financeworldonline.net/life-insurance-settlement-selling-policy-options-and-solutions/"&gt;life insurance settlement&lt;/a&gt;.  It will give you information on selling life insurance to investors for quick cash.&lt;br /&gt;Learning  how to sell insurance is not very difficult to do, even though the  actual doing of it can be hard work just like any other worthwhile money  making endeavor.  Selling insurance can be a very lucrative business  and will give you the ability to work for yourself, work from home or  work from an office with a team.  Here are the basics of how to sell  life insurance.  Whether you are selling commercial insurance, home  insurance or other kind of insurance, or selling life insurance, it all  starts out the same way.&lt;br /&gt;I've worked in various components of the  selling insurance policy business from working at a worker's  compensation insurance provider, being a licensed life insurance agent  and even working as a prospect cold caller for a successful insurance  broker.  So a lot of this is based on my own experience.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="modfloat right"&gt;&lt;div class="module moduleImage" id="mod_7576005"&gt;&lt;h2 class="subtitle"&gt;Insurance Sales Agents are Valued Financial Advisors&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div id="imgs_7576005"&gt;    &lt;div id="img_url_2950767"&gt;      &lt;img alt="Insurance sales agents help their clients make important decisions for their lives and families." class="half" height="173" src="http://s4.hubimg.com/u/2950767_f260.jpg" title="Insurance sales agents help their clients make important decisions for their lives and families." width="260" /&gt;           &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="caption_half" id="img_desc_2950767"&gt;      Insurance sales agents help their clients make important decisions for their lives and families.     &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="module moduleVideo" id="mod_7293653"&gt;&lt;h2 class="subtitle"&gt;Getting Started: How to Become an Insurance Agent&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="module moduleVideo" id="mod_6306754"&gt;&lt;h2 class="subtitle"&gt;Group Insurance Sales&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="module moduleVideo" id="mod_7576061"&gt;&lt;h2 class="subtitle"&gt;How to Sell Insurance&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="modfloat full"&gt;&lt;div class="module moduleText color0" id="mod_6817748"&gt;&lt;div class="txtd" id="txtd_6817748"&gt;The insurance business allows easy access for those wanting to enter the field as well as many options to advance through continuing training and licensing. In addition, being an insurances sales agent can be a very lucrative and financially rewarding career once you learn how to sell insurance.&lt;br /&gt;In addition, it's a growing industry where  you can make money for years to come. There are even new advancements  like life insurance settlement that may make your ventures in this  industry that much more productive and fruitful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Selling Insurance Income&lt;/h2&gt;In May 2008 the median annual wages of wage and salary insurance sales agents were $45,430. The middle 50 percent earned an annual income of $33,070 - $68,730. &lt;br /&gt;The bottom 10% had an income of $26,120 or less, while the highest 10% earned more than $113,930. &lt;br /&gt;The median annual income for insurance sales agents who worked directly for insurance carriers were $48,150. Those who worked for agencies, brokerages and other insurance related businesses made a median annual income of $44,450.&lt;br /&gt;Once you learn how to sell insurance, many jobs are commission only, especially for entry-level agents. Some are salary plus commission, but usually heavily dependent on commissions by nature. Because of the competitive nature of this industry, usually the commission structure is very generous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Benefits of Insurance Sales&lt;/h2&gt;Insurance allows many people to work for themselves and those who are good at it make pretty good money. Selling insurance affords you the ability to have your own business. &lt;br /&gt;You can choose to just focus in on a specific type of insurance policy like life insurance, as many people do, and other decide to provide the full gambit of insurance from life insurance to worker's compensation to auto insurance. &lt;br /&gt;The great thing about wanting to &lt;a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/selling-insurance-quick-start-guide"&gt;sell insurance policies&lt;/a&gt; is that you can, just like any business, begin with a bread and butter line, like life insurance, and slowly expand your line of insurance products, thereby levering the relationships and customers you already have in your book of insurance business.&lt;br /&gt;Professional insurance agents are viewed more as financial advisers than salesmen. They help people hedge against risk exposure, just like a hedge fund financial adviser helps businesses hedge against risk buy selling commodity futures. Speaking of which, many insurance agents also sell financial products like stock, bonds, commodities, annuities, retirement plans in addition to selling insurance policies. &lt;br /&gt;Another advantage to selling insurance policies is that you can start part time. Even if you have a full time job, you can start in the evenings scheduling appointments and meeting with people. Insurance is a good low risk way to get into the selling or get into the insurance business.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-3506169720280820446?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/3506169720280820446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-sell-insurance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/3506169720280820446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/3506169720280820446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-sell-insurance.html' title='How to Sell Insurance'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-2104980054937410982</id><published>2011-04-23T17:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:41:24.223-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life insurance companies'/><title type='text'>Life insurance companies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;h1 class="singlePageTitle"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;Purchasing &lt;a href="http://www.insuranceplanreviews.com/category/life-insurance" style="color: #29568f; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"&gt;life insurance&lt;/a&gt;  is a responsible decision you can make for the financial protection and  provision of your family in the event of your death. There are all  kinds of life &lt;a href="http://www.insuranceplanreviews.com/" style="color: #29568f; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"&gt;insurance companies&lt;/a&gt; that offer such policies. But how do you know which &lt;a href="http://www.ihealthdirectory.com/tag/life-insurance/" style="color: #29568f; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"&gt;life insurance&lt;/a&gt;  companies are the best? The best way to get an answer to this question  is to do your own research to find out which life insurance companies  are better than others.&lt;br /&gt;There are several ways to do this. First of all you can start by  talking with other family members and your friends about which life  insurance companies they use. You can then go online and read  information about each of these life insurance companies and compare  their policies and premiums. You also want a particular attention to the  rating that each life insurance company has. Life insurance rating  services are independent and life insurance companies that have the  highest ratings have been evaluated by these independent financial  rating services. They are rated on the financial strength of the life  insurance company. The well-known financial rating companies that rate  life insurance companies include Best, Fitch, Diamond Bond, and Standard  and Poor.&lt;br /&gt;Life insurance companies can sell two different types of life insurance. One type is a &lt;a href="http://www.ihealthdirectory.com/whole-life-insurance/" style="color: #29568f; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"&gt;whole life insurance&lt;/a&gt;  any other type is term life insurance. Term life insurance is typically  a life insurance that will expire after a certain period of time or  after the individual reaches the age of 70. Whole life insurance does  not expire at the age of 70. When shopping for life insurance companies  look for ones that offer the kind of life insurance policy that you  want. Reliable life insurance companies can help you choose the best  kind of life insurance policy for your needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="float: right; margin: 1px 0 1px 1px;"&gt;  &lt;ins style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"&gt;&lt;ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/ins&gt; &lt;/div&gt;In doing further research on various life insurance companies that  you are interested in you can contact your state’s insurance department.  They can tell you if the life insurance company is licensed to sell  life insurance in your state. It is best to stay with life insurance  companies that are licensed to sell insurance in your own state. This  way it you ever have a problem your state insurance department can help  you.&lt;br /&gt;Before you buy life insurance from any of the life insurance  companies that you have researched, there are a few factors that you  should keep in mind. These factors include your monthly budget and need.  The agents from the various life insurance companies can help evaluate  the different policies and which ones will best suit your needs.&lt;br /&gt;Selling life insurance is big business these days. The biggest life  insurance companies can provide the most affordable policies. Some the  most reliable life insurance companies today are Metropolitan Life  Insurance Company, Transamerica Occidental Insurance company and  American General Insurance Company (AIG). Actually the four biggest life  insurance companies are MetLife, AIG, TOIC and Prudential. You want to  purchase a life insurance policy through reliable life insurance  companies who will be there for your family in the event of your death.  Well-known life insurance companies can assure the security that their  customers need. Before you buy life insurance from any company make sure  you know the name of the life insurance company. You may also be able  to find subsidiary life insurance companies of the larger companies that  can offer a policy at more portable rates. Just make sure you do a  background check on any life insurance company that you are considering  purchasing a life insurance policy through. If you are not familiar with  the name you may be surprised find out the parent company is one of the  larger life insurance companies mentioned above.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ins style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 15px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 468px;"&gt;&lt;ins id="aswift_1_anchor" style="border: none; display: block; height: 15px; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 468px;"&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-2104980054937410982?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/2104980054937410982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/life-insurance-companies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/2104980054937410982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/2104980054937410982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/life-insurance-companies.html' title='Life insurance companies'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-2594169012171637014</id><published>2011-04-23T17:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:39:44.301-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Insurance with No Medical Exam'/><title type='text'>Life Insurance with No Medical Exam</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;The concept of life insurance, just like any other  type of insurance policy is needed due to the uncertainty in life.  Uncertain events result into financial losses, and in order to ensure  that the expenditures do not affect the victims significantly, the  coverage of &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/insurance/"&gt;insurance&lt;/a&gt; policies is used. Among all the policies, the &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/life-insurance/"&gt;life insurance&lt;/a&gt; policies and &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/medical-insurance/"&gt;medical insurance&lt;/a&gt;  policies are the most important ones. Before we proceed to the core  concept of life insurance with no medical exam, it is essential to know  more about the mechanism of life insurance coverages and policies, and  some &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/life-insurance-basics.html"&gt;life insurance basics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;About Life Insurance Policies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life insurance policies are often considered to be the most important of  all insurance policies, since they cover the financial risk associated  with life. In simple words, life insurance policy matures after a  particular number of decades, and a &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/structured-settlements/"&gt;structured settlement&lt;/a&gt;  or a lump sum settlement is returned to the insured person. In case of  demise of the insured person, the entire proceeds are paid to the  nominated persons as per the insurance agreement. The proceeds and  returns multiply according to a specified rate that is mentioned in the  insurance agreement. The only difference between the life insurance  policy and other policies is that the returns start after the premium  ends or upon demise. In the other types of insurance coverages there are  no returns, but there is just a coverage. Thus, the principal objective  of the different &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/kinds-of-life-insurance.html"&gt;kinds of life insurance&lt;/a&gt; policies is to reduce the financial burdens of the deceased's family. For more inputs you can also refer to &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/how-does-life-insurance-work.html"&gt;how does life insurance work&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is customary for all insurance companies to have a regular medical check up during the &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/life-insurance-underwriting.html"&gt;life insurance underwriting&lt;/a&gt;  process. The insurance policy being dependent on life, usually has a  premium that is based upon medical and health conditions of the insured  person. The rule of thumb is greater the age, more is the premium. If  the premium is not that high, then the returns are not very high. The  younger the age, the lesser is the amount of the premium, longer is the  maturity period and higher are returns. A new variant has however come  up in the life insurance sector, that is the &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/no-medical-exam-life-insurance.html"&gt;no medical exam life insurance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Life Insurance with No Medical Exam&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life insurance with no medical exam is a concept that has been  introduced quite recently and often many don't believe their ears when  they hear about the policy. However, instead of getting your hopes too  high let me first assure you that these policies are not valid for  certain medical conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The life insurance with no medical conditions are not granted to people  suffering from chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension  or cancer. Apart from that, many &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/insurance-companies/"&gt;insurance companies&lt;/a&gt;  grant such policies to people who are younger then 40 or 50 years of  age. The idea behind such a policy is simple, people who have just  embarked upon their careers do need a life insurance for their near and  dear ones. However, they are not able to afford the extremely high  premium rates that are usually imposed on &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/life-insurance-policies/"&gt;life insurance policy&lt;/a&gt;. Hence, an easier and cheaper option for the time being. The covers reportedly vary from $5,000 to $50,000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though these insurance policies are tagged to be &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/life-insurance-no-physical-exam.html"&gt;life insurance no physical exam&lt;/a&gt;,  such policies do need a certification from the doctor or some simple  reports such as blood tests and X-rays to prove that no birth problem,  deformity or natural problem exists. The policy being small, has a  rather small maturity period and the agreed returns are also small, but  sufficient. The premium being affordable, the life insurance with no  medical exam is a popular one among youngsters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a second variant of this policy, for people who have good self  confidence, who do not suffer diseases or disorders. This kind of life  insurance with no medical exam has different kind of conditions in the  agreement. According to these conditions the insurance compensation is  provided in cases where the demise of the insured person is as a result  of non medical reasons such as an accident. You can also get a similar  policy that goes by the name '&lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/term-life-insurance-no-medical-exam.html"&gt;term life insurance no medical exam&lt;/a&gt;'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The life insurance with no medical exam is basically a low premium  insurance policy and is basically taken as a stepping stone towards a  bigger and costlier &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/whole-life-insurance/"&gt;whole life insurance&lt;/a&gt; policy. I hope that the elaboration on life insurance with no medical exam proves to be of effect. Good luck.       &lt;br /&gt;By &lt;a class="cap" href="http://www.buzzle.com/authors.asp?author=27124"&gt;Scholasticus K&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Published: 9/23/2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-2594169012171637014?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/2594169012171637014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/life-insurance-with-no-medical-exam.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/2594169012171637014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/2594169012171637014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/life-insurance-with-no-medical-exam.html' title='Life Insurance with No Medical Exam'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-6858890415485831266</id><published>2011-04-23T17:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:37:26.837-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='How Much Life Insurance is Enough?'/><title type='text'>How Much Life Insurance is Enough?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="title"&gt;&lt;h1&gt;How Much Life Insurance is Enough?&lt;/h1&gt;Life insurance is a part of good family financial planning. But most  individuals are confused and often end up asking the question, "how much  life insurance do i need." This article will put an end to this  confusion and will brief you about how much life insurance is enough for  you. Keep reading…&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="article"&gt;  &lt;div class="artImg" style="margin: 7px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="How Much Life Insurance is Enough?" class="ImgBorder" height="335" src="http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/543064-29821-29.jpg" width="252" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Life insurance is a contract between the insurance company and the  insurer, where the insurer agrees to pay a certain sum of money every  month or year or quarter (as per the contract terms), and the company in  turn pays the insurer's family a lump sum amount of money on the event  of the insured individual's death or in case of critical illness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Death is the inevitable truth of every individual's life. If your are  the breadwinner of your family, and (god forbid) you embrace the bitter  truth of life, i.e. death, anytime sooner than later. Phew… The thought  itself horrifies you, doesn't it? Your family is no doubt going to miss  you. But along with the physical loss, will accompany the financial  loss. To keep going and live life as per the same standards as before,  will not be easy for your family. To pay off your present debts if any,  children's education costs, maintaining the present standard of living,  inflation costs, and so on, will have to be taken care of, after you are  gone. Life insurance helps restore all this. All your family has to  deal with is your physical loss which no one in this world can replace.  Everything else will be taken care of, if you have a proper &lt;a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/life-insurance.html"&gt;life insurance&lt;/a&gt;.  Now, if you are an individual with no dependents, you might be able to  do away with life insurance, but if others depend on your income, life  insurance is a good idea to replace your earning potential, when you are  gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;How Much Life Insurance Does a Person Need?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How much life insurance do you need is very subjective and not easy to  answer. It's not some magic number that is derived. A lot of  calculations and factors are to be considered while determining how much  life insurance do you really need. Listed below are a few factors to be  considered while actually calculating how much life insurance is enough  for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Factors to be Considered&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Your present financial standing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Whether or not your spouse is working.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Any major expenditure in the near future like buying a new car, an apartment, children's education fees, and so on.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Debt to be paid off (if any).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Present size of savings of the family.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Social benefits, pension benefits, etc., available after death.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;How Much Life Insurance is Enough?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Your main goal is to replace your present income, so as to maintain the same lifestyle.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Consider your financial situation and ponder upon the factors above.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List down the factors to be considered, and also about some big expenditure, if any to be made in the near future.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Once  you're done with the above working and sure of your short term and long  term needs, you will come to a certain figure, you would want to  replace it, say yearly. Let's call it &lt;b&gt;A&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To &lt;b&gt;A&lt;/b&gt; now add all family maintenance expenses like entertainment, utility bills, travel and transportation, etc., on a yearly basis.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; This figure is going to be something close to your annual salary or  slightly more than that, since you consider a lot of other costs as  well. Let's call it &lt;b&gt;B&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To this figure you ought to add the inflation cost which rises at a pace of around 2% every year. We get &lt;b&gt;C&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Now, count all your liquid assets like stocks, bonds, savings, and  if you have other assets elsewhere, which can be liquidated. We will  call it &lt;b&gt;D&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Then reduce all the liquid assets from the figure you have calculated. i.e. (&lt;b&gt;C&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;b&gt;D&lt;/b&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The figure you arrive at is exactly what you are worth, and has to be replaced.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;This figure represents the amount of life insurance you must buy.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;To make things simpler, I have a simple formula you could use:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style="background: #c3def9;"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Long-term  needs + short-term needs + inflation cost – resources (that can be  liquidated) = how much life insurance you should have.&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is easy to get a large cover of life insurance, but in reality, you  end paying a lot of extra money, and hence, blocking your capital. So,  it's important you get just enough insurance cover so as to assure the  replacement of your present income. You can also consider a financial  planner, who should be able to help you out with exact the amount of  life insurance required.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life insurance comes in different sizes and boasts of different  features, prices and terms. If you need a life insurance, make sure you  educate yourself to make the right choice, because you don't want to end  up paying more or stuck with inadequate coverage. Choose a policy that  is more likely to fulfill all your financial hopes. Last but not the  least, &lt;i&gt;please read the offer document carefully before investing!&lt;/i&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By &lt;a class="cap" href="http://www.buzzle.com/authors.asp?author=75945"&gt;Divya Bichu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Published: 3/22/2011&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-6858890415485831266?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/6858890415485831266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-much-life-insurance-is-enough.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/6858890415485831266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/6858890415485831266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-much-life-insurance-is-enough.html' title='How Much Life Insurance is Enough?'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-6001462047822238952</id><published>2011-04-23T17:35:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:35:55.592-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AXA Insurance Revamps its Term Lineup'/><title type='text'>AXA Insurance Revamps its Term Lineup</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;h3&gt;                                 &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian-life-insurance-companies/2011/04/axa-insurance-revamps-it%e2%80%99s-term-lineup" rel="bookmark"&gt;AXA Insurance Revamps its Term Lineup&lt;/a&gt;                             &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h5 class="right"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/images/weblog/2010/All-the-troubles-lie-on-his-shoulder-by-Rana-Ossama.jpg" rel="lightbox[slideshow]" title="All the troubles lie on his shoulder by Rana Ossama"&gt;&lt;img alt="All the troubles lie on his shoulder by Rana Ossama" height="110" src="http://lsminsurance.ca/images/weblog/2010/150/All-the-troubles-lie-on-his-shoulder-by-Rana-Ossama.jpg" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AXA has reduced its rates&lt;br /&gt;and launched a loan&lt;br /&gt;insurance program. &lt;br /&gt;Photo by Rana Ossama&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian-life-insurance-companies/axa-insurance" target="_blank"&gt;AXA Insurance&lt;/a&gt; reduced its Term Life Insurance rates and launched a new loan insurance program.&lt;br /&gt;Specifically, it reduced its Term Life Insurance rates in July of  2010, lowering its Term 10 premiums for insured persons age 50 and over.&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a class="more-link" href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian-life-insurance-companies/2011/04/axa-insurance-revamps-it%e2%80%99s-term-lineup#more-1563"&gt;AXA Insurance Revamps its Term Lineup&lt;/a&gt; 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                            &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;                                 &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian-life-insurance-companies/2011/03/1427" rel="bookmark"&gt;Transamerica Life is Raising Level Cost Universal Life Rates ...&lt;/a&gt;                             &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;                                 &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/insurance-types/2011/03/funeral-costs-and-life-insurance" rel="bookmark"&gt;Funeral Costs and Life Insurance ...&lt;/a&gt;                             &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;                                 &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian-life-insurance-companies/2011/03/industrial-alliances-no-medical-simplified-issue-term-20-policy" rel="bookmark"&gt;Industrial Alliance’s No Medical Simplified Issue Term 20 Policy ...&lt;/a&gt;                             &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;                                 &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian-life-insurance-companies/2011/03/industrial-alliances-guaranteed-acceptance-coverage" rel="bookmark"&gt;Industrial Alliance’s Guaranteed Acceptance Coverage ...&lt;/a&gt; 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                            &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;                                 &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian-life-insurance-companies/2011/03/bmo-insurance-universal-life-and-helping-hands" rel="bookmark"&gt;BMO Insurance: Universal Life and Helping Hands ...&lt;/a&gt;                             &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;                                 &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/life-insurance-canada/2011/02/the-insurance-journal-low-interest-rates-drive-up-prices" rel="bookmark"&gt;The Insurance Journal: Low interest rates drive up prices ...&lt;/a&gt;                             &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-6001462047822238952?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/6001462047822238952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/axa-insurance-revamps-its-term-lineup.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/6001462047822238952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/6001462047822238952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/axa-insurance-revamps-its-term-lineup.html' title='AXA Insurance Revamps its Term Lineup'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-6680292895656780157</id><published>2011-04-23T17:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:35:15.155-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Are Insurers Ripping'/><title type='text'>Are Insurers Ripping Off Long Term Care Clients? An HHS Study</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;h3&gt;                                 &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/life-insurance-canada/2011/04/are-insurers-ripping-off-long-term-care-clients-an-hhs-study" rel="bookmark"&gt;Are Insurers Ripping Off Long Term Care Clients? An HHS Study&lt;/a&gt;                             &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h5 class="right"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/images/2011/04/Shaking-Hands-By-Nicola-Corboy-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[slideshow]" title="Shaking Hands By Nicola Corboy 1"&gt;&lt;img alt="Shaking Hands By Nicola Corboy 1" height="134" src="http://lsminsurance.ca/images/2011/04/200/Shaking-Hands-By-Nicola-Corboy-1.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shaking Hands By &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/n_corboy/"&gt;Nicola Corboy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;Growing older brings you new experience and joys, but also a great  deal of potential risks. Becoming dependent on long term care is one of  them. We cannot secure our health, but we have insurance to help us with  the financial needs associated with ageing. While &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian/life-insurance"&gt;life insurance&lt;/a&gt; mainly serves your family, &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian/critical-illness"&gt;critical illness&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian/long-term-care"&gt;long term care insurance&lt;/a&gt;  is supposed to cover your own expenses. Critical illness usually pays  you a lump sum once you are diagnosed with a serious illness, while long  term care insurance pays you a monthly sum that can help you to acquire  day care or to pay for an assisted living facility.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-6680292895656780157?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/6680292895656780157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/are-insurers-ripping-off-long-term-care.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/6680292895656780157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/6680292895656780157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/are-insurers-ripping-off-long-term-care.html' title='Are Insurers Ripping Off Long Term Care Clients? An HHS Study'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-2905965610346191403</id><published>2011-04-23T17:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:34:37.486-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Manulife Financial Is Raising Term 100 Rates'/><title type='text'>Manulife Financial Is Raising Term 100 Rates</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;h3&gt;                                 &lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian-life-insurance-companies/2011/04/manulife-financial-is-raising-term-100-rates" rel="bookmark"&gt;Manulife Financial Is Raising Term 100 Rates&lt;/a&gt;                             &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h5 class="right"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/images/weblog/2009/Business-Graph-by-Balazs-Gal.jpg" rel="lightbox[slideshow]" title="Business Graph by Balazs Gal"&gt;&lt;img alt="Business Graph by Balazs Gal" height="112" src="http://lsminsurance.ca/images/weblog/2009/150/Business-Graph-by-Balazs-Gal.jpg" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another policy rate&lt;br /&gt;is on the rise.&lt;br /&gt;Photo by Balazs Gal&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian-life-insurance-companies/manulife" target="_blank"&gt;Manulife Financial&lt;/a&gt; is raising it’s Signet Term 100 and Term 100 Family Term rates effective April 23, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;Term 100 insurance is a hybrid permanent insurance plan that provides  fixed premiums and lifetime protection, but does not build a cash value  in most cases. Whole life policies on the other hand, provide fixed  premiums, lifetime protection and build a cash value. However, initial  premiums on whole life policies are much higher.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-2905965610346191403?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/2905965610346191403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/manulife-financial-is-raising-term-100.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/2905965610346191403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/2905965610346191403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/manulife-financial-is-raising-term-100.html' title='Manulife Financial Is Raising Term 100 Rates'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-4034948292353872413</id><published>2011-04-23T17:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:33:58.237-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Canadian Life Insurance'/><title type='text'>Canadian Life Insurance News:</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;h2 style="color: blue;"&gt;Empire Life Releases its 2010 Year-End Financial results                             &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h5 class="right"&gt;&lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/images/weblog/2009/Canadien-money-by-Duckie-Monster.jpg" rel="lightbox[slideshow]" title="Canadien money by Duckie Monster"&gt;&lt;img alt="Canadien money by Duckie Monster" height="100" src="http://lsminsurance.ca/images/weblog/2009/150/Canadien-money-by-Duckie-Monster.jpg" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Empire Life Year-End Report&lt;br /&gt;Photo by Duckie Monster&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;a href="http://lsminsurance.ca/canadian-life-insurance-companies/empire-life-insurance" target="_blank"&gt;Empire Life&lt;/a&gt; has released its 2010 year-end financial results.&lt;br /&gt;“Our 2010 results reflect our steady commitment to growing and  supporting our three lines of business, Wealth Management, Employee  Benefits and Individual Insurance." said Les Herr, President and Chief  Executive Officer. "As we’ve seen again this past year, this diversified  balanced approach helps us generate consistent revenue and premium  income in all economic and market conditions making our company  stronger.”&lt;br /&gt;Empire Life generated strong sales in 2010:&lt;br /&gt;* Individual Insurance sales increased 12% from 2009 to $68.1 million.&lt;br /&gt;* Wealth Management sales increased 2% from 2009 to $1.0 billion.&lt;br /&gt;* The Employee Benefits product line had sales of $43.0 million and an increase of 20% from 2009.&lt;br /&gt;The company’s risk-based capital ratio, as measured by Minimum  Continuing Capital and Surplus Requirements (MCCSR), was 243% at the end  of the year, above minimum requirements.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-4034948292353872413?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/4034948292353872413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/canadian-life-insurance-news.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/4034948292353872413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/4034948292353872413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/canadian-life-insurance-news.html' title='Canadian Life Insurance News:'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-8559435401888388282</id><published>2011-04-23T17:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:31:52.999-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='What is Life insurance?'/><title type='text'>What is Life insurance?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;What is Life insurance?&lt;/h2&gt;At Farmers&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt;, we know it's difficult to imagine a  time when you won't be there to help provide for your family. That's why  Farmers has developed a suite of Life insurance products* designed to  help answer your &lt;span class="glossary"&gt;Life insurance&lt;/span&gt; requirements, at any stage of life. Whether you're a new family, empty nester, business owner, or single parent, Farmers has a &lt;strong&gt;Life insurance&lt;/strong&gt;  option to suit your needs and budget. For a personalized assessment of  your Life insurance coverage needs, including customized &lt;strong&gt;Term Life insurance&lt;/strong&gt; quotes, contact a Farmers agent.           &lt;strong&gt;Protecting Your Family&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;By preparing in advance, you'll have the peace of mind that  comes from knowing you're protecting your family's financial future. And  since Life insurance benefits are generally not taxable at the federal  level**, your loved ones can use the benefits to help take care of their  living expenses in a variety of ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Any needs after the time of death, such as final illness expenses, burial costs and estate taxes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Funds for a readjustment period, to finance a move, or to provide time for family members to find a job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ongoing financial needs, such as monthly bills and expenses, daycare costs, college tuition or retirement.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;b&gt;Safeguarding Your Business&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're a business owner or have business partners, it's  important to prepare for the unexpected. Farmers offers several Life  insurance products that are designed to help you, as a business owner,  to make it possible for your heirs to help pay estate taxes and help  sustain the business during a change in management, or to help provide  funds in order to execute a buy-sell agreement between partners or  stockholders.**&lt;br /&gt;Contact a Farmers agent to learn more about how Life insurance can benefit you and your loved ones or beneficiaries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;Products and features may not be available in all states and may vary by state.&lt;br /&gt;*Life insurance issued by Farmers New World Life Insurance Company, Mercer Island, WA 98040&lt;br /&gt;**This document is for informational purposes only.&amp;nbsp; You  should consult your attorney, accountant, or tax advisor for legal or  tax advice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;FNWL020026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-8559435401888388282?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/8559435401888388282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-is-life-insurance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/8559435401888388282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/8559435401888388282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-is-life-insurance.html' title='What is Life insurance?'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-7487253248240519778</id><published>2011-04-23T17:25:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:25:43.842-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Term Life Insurance'/><title type='text'>Term Life Insurance</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Now the underlying cost of insurance shown in the above graph must be  paid for all types of life insurance.&amp;nbsp; But because one year term  insurance isn’t a well liked product (due to the constant premium  increases) the insurance companies smooth out these costs over periods  of time or ‘terms’.&amp;nbsp; Lets say they take the premiums in the above graph  for a period of 5 years.&amp;nbsp; Now rather than charging you the increasing  premiums every year, instead they charge you the average premium over  that 5 year term.&amp;nbsp; You pay the same total costs, but now your premiums  are level for 5 years.&amp;nbsp; At the end of 5 years, your premiums increase  and the company charges you the average premium over the next 5 year  time period.&amp;nbsp; The costs are the same, but now you’re premiums are level  for 5 year increments.&amp;nbsp; This type of insurance is called 5 year term.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insurecan.com/types-of-life-insurance/terminsurance" rel="attachment wp-att-105"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-105 alignnone" height="350" src="http://www.insurecan.com/wp-content/uploads/terminsurance.gif" title="terminsurance" width="327" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the company takes those underlying costs that increase every year  and averages them out over 10 years (so your premiums are now level for  10 years), that is called 10 year term insurance.&lt;br /&gt;And that’s term life insurance in a nutshell.&amp;nbsp; Rather than paying the  direct cost every year, your premiums are smoothed out or averaged over  terms.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.insurecan.com/10-year-term"&gt;10 year term insurance&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.insurecan.com/20-year-term"&gt;20 year term insurance &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="http://www.insurecan.com/30-year-term-insurance"&gt;30 year term insurance&lt;/a&gt; are all common life insurance products in Canada today.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-7487253248240519778?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/7487253248240519778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/term-life-insurance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/7487253248240519778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/7487253248240519778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/term-life-insurance.html' title='Term Life Insurance'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-6426659098242133822</id><published>2011-04-23T17:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:25:16.653-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Types of life insurance'/><title type='text'>Types of life insurance</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="headline_area"&gt;      &lt;h1&gt;Types of life insurance&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Life insurance has two primary attributes – the premium and the death  benefit.&amp;nbsp; If we strip away the marketing aspects from life insurance  those are the two base attributes we should be concerned about.&amp;nbsp; If we  die, how much do our beneficiaries receive?&amp;nbsp; And how much does it cost  to receive those benefits?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Death Benefit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s look at the death benefit first.  If person A has $100,000 of  one type of life insurance and person B has $100,000 of another type of  life insurance and the both die, how much do the beneficiaries receive?   In both cases, the beneficiaries receive $100,000.  The beneficiaries  can’t tell what type of insurance they had!  The point here is that the  death benefit is the same for all the various types of life insurance. &lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;It’s the premium that differentiates the different types of life insurance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Premium&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s the premium that differentiates the various types of life  insurance available to us.&amp;nbsp; How are the premiums different?&amp;nbsp; Let’s first  look at the basic underlying ‘cost’ of insurance.&lt;br /&gt;Life insurance premiums, like all insurance, are based on the concept  of risk.&amp;nbsp; Higher risk means higher claims and that dictates higher  premiums.&amp;nbsp; For car insurance, drivers that get into accidents tend to be  poorer risks and that leads to higher insurance premiums.&amp;nbsp; But what  makes us a poorer risk with life insurance?&lt;br /&gt;For most of us, it’s our age.&amp;nbsp; Younger people generally don’t die as  often.&amp;nbsp; Claims are less, so costs – and therefore premiums are lower.&amp;nbsp;  Larger numbers of people tend to die as we age, so therefore costs are  higher.&amp;nbsp; This is intuitive for most of us – life insurance is cheaper  when we’re younger and gets more expensive as we get older.&lt;br /&gt;If the insurance company was to directly charge us the direct cost of  insurance based on our age then, our premiums would go up every year  and would look something like the graph below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insurecan.com/types-of-life-insurance/yrt-2" rel="attachment wp-att-104"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-104 alignnone" height="350" src="http://www.insurecan.com/wp-content/uploads/yrt1.gif" title="yrt" width="327" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This type of life insurance, where the costs are directly charged by age, is called one year term life insurance.&amp;nbsp; It’s &lt;a href="http://www.insurecan.com/term-life-insurance"&gt;term life insurance&lt;/a&gt;  because there’s no cash values and the premiums correlate directly with  your age.&amp;nbsp; It’s specifically “one year” term life insurance because the  premiums increase every year (every ‘one’ year).&lt;br /&gt;One year term insurance isn’t palatable to most consumers.&amp;nbsp; Consumers  would rather not pay premiums that they know are going to increase  every year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-6426659098242133822?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/6426659098242133822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/types-of-life-insurance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/6426659098242133822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/6426659098242133822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/types-of-life-insurance.html' title='Types of life insurance'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-2186413751698019904</id><published>2011-04-23T17:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:24:16.657-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Insurance Quotes'/><title type='text'>Life Insurance Quotes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Before you run your life insurance quotes, you may consider reading our articles on &lt;a href="http://www.insurecan.com/how-much-life-insurance"&gt;how much life insurance do I need&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.insurecan.com/types-of-life-insurance"&gt;types of life insurance&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; How much and what type are both vital components of getting an online life insurance quote.&lt;br /&gt;Tips on getting the best rate:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;When you run your life insurance quotes online, assume a health  class of regular if you are in good health.&amp;nbsp; While you can get lower  quotes, they are just that – quotes.&amp;nbsp; Final rates are subject to  underwriting by the insurance company.&amp;nbsp; Regular rates are what most  people in good health receive so it’s the most realistic quote.&amp;nbsp; You can  get lower quotes, but you are less likely to receive those lower rates  (and your overall fitness level is not a good indicator that you will  receive lower rates).&amp;nbsp; Assuming regular health class does not mean you  won’t get lower or preferred premiums should you qualify – it is however  the most realistic quote for most of us.&amp;nbsp; In other words, you can get  lower quotes – but you are unlikely to receive these rates (and your  agent does not have any impact on what rates you do receive).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Take your medical exam first thing in the morning.&amp;nbsp; If you’re able  to, don’t have anything to eat or drink prior to the medical exam.&amp;nbsp; This  gives the insurance company clean bloodwork (no breakfast muddying up  your blood test) as well as the lowest blood pressure reading for most  of us.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Answer all medical questions completely and exhaustively.&amp;nbsp; Be  verbose, detailed, and complete.&amp;nbsp; Doing so is counter-intuitive to most  of us, we want to hold things back that may bias our case.&amp;nbsp; In practice  however, the more you disclose the better your chance is of receiving  the best rate you can get.&amp;nbsp; For example, underwriters are naturally  conservative in their jobs.&amp;nbsp; If they are on the fence about giving you  better rates, they will feel more confident about giving someone the  better rates if they have a detailed application.&amp;nbsp; If they are on the  fence and have what they perceive as an application that’s light on  details, they will naturally take the more conservative (and higher for  you) rate class.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Get quotes from more companies.&amp;nbsp; Individual brokers don’t impact any  specific company’s rates.&amp;nbsp; You should see the same premiums from a  company no matter what broker you work with.&amp;nbsp; If you see lower quotes,  it’s probably because brokers have assumed a preferred health class, see  above.&amp;nbsp; So the way a broker can get lower premiums is by shopping more  companies.&amp;nbsp; This ensures that you see the companies that have the lowest  premiums for you.&amp;nbsp; Our website uses the Compulife database for our  online life insurance quotes.&amp;nbsp; This is the same database that many  insurance companies and brokers use inhouse.&amp;nbsp; And we do not remove any  companies or products from the quote – even if they are companies we  don’t or cannot represent; we show you everything we can in our life  insurance quotes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-2186413751698019904?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/2186413751698019904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/life-insurance-quotes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/2186413751698019904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/2186413751698019904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/life-insurance-quotes.html' title='Life Insurance Quotes'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389207125735747741.post-8226351441436523232</id><published>2011-04-23T17:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T17:21:40.938-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Insurance'/><title type='text'>Life Insurance</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Being  there means helping you protect your family’s future.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;Life  exists between the hours of the workweek. Most importantly, it  exists in the  eyes of sons and daughters and those you hold close –  those forever expecting  your safe return home. &lt;br /&gt;Life  insurance from State Farm gives you the opportunity to protect  your family’s  dreams, ambitions, and finances should an unexpected  death occur. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With life  insurance from State Farm, you can help your family:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Keep the  ability to pay the home mortgage.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maintain  their current standard of living. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pay off  debts, estate taxes, and final expenses. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create a  fund for college education. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create a  fund for a family member with special needs. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Protect  your family’s dreams for the future. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Take a  moment to talk about life insurance. Then, speak with a State  Farm agent to  help ensure you have the coverage you need and the  protection your family  deserves.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5389207125735747741-8226351441436523232?l=lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/feeds/8226351441436523232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/life-insurance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/8226351441436523232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5389207125735747741/posts/default/8226351441436523232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lifeinsurane2011.blogspot.com/2011/04/life-insurance.html' title='Life Insurance'/><author><name>zakri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06877328031422311744</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10318555259012137919'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>