As you start a family, consider these family smart financial & insurance moves. Being a parent means being responsible to a degree you never have been before. That elevated responsibility also impacts your financial decisions. You are now a provider and a protector, and that reality...
Besides the death benefit, it may also help you financially during your life. As a recent Bankrate.com article noted, 43% of Americans have no life insurance. Some view it as optional; some have simply procrastinated when it comes to buying a policy. Others believe that they...
Some life & financial factors that can be overlooked. We all have a “blue sky” vision of the way retirement should be, yet it helps to plan for retirement with a little pragmatism. Fate may alter the course of our retirement in ways we do not...
How well off do you think you are financially? If your career or life takes an unexpected turn, would your finances hold up? What do you think will become of the money you’ve made and saved when you are gone? These are major questions, and most...
Comparing & contrasting the potential of some popular vehicles. How expensive will college be tomorrow? The Department of Education projects that by 2030, the tuition cost of obtaining a four-year degree at a public university will surpass $200,000. Staggering? Indeed, but college is plenty expensive already....
Taking Care of Your Business After You’re Gone Business owners are builders. They spend their lives building a business that provides goods and services to their clients and provides themselves a living. But nothing can tear down that lifetime work faster than their own death, or...
Why might the wealthy be directing more money into this middle-class bedrock? For generations, Americans have thought of life insurance as a midlife purchase of the middle class. Today, that perception is less accurate. Wealthier Americans seem to be buying more life insurance. Affluent individuals are recognizing...
September is National Life Insurance Awareness Month When was the last time you looked at your life insurance coverage? Why not do it now? September is as good a time as any – in fact, this is National Life Insurance Awareness Month. The non-profit Life and...