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Should you buy life insurance with one lump sum premium?

Life insurance for your heirs – Single Premium Life Insurance Depending on your situation the simple answer is… quite possibly.  In fact, single-premium universal life insurance, SPUL, may be one of the most overlooked, misunderstood life insurance products available today and rarely recommended by traditional life insurance agents. However, expert Tax-Free Retirement Specialists use this [...]

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How to Maximize your Legacy Estate Planning

Even though Congress has increased the estate tax exemption to $5.12 million for individuals and $10.240 million for couples, you still need to understand the threat of estate taxes on your legacy planning.  Even though Congress has labeled these exemptions permanent, will they be changed in the future by another congress and president to fix [...]

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Life insurance an additional asset class

Life Insurance: An Additional Asset Class

Back in a January 11, 2009 Palm Beach Daily News, an article by R. Marshall Jones, JD, CLU, ChFC titled “Life Insurance: An Additional Asset Class in Difficult Times,” the author makes the following observations about whole life (or permanent) insurance companies in the wake of the 2008’s economic turmoil: “Fortunately, the life insurance industry [...]

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Using Life Insurance for Estate Planning

How to Use Life Insurance for Estate Planning As Ben franklin said, “…in this world there is nothing certain but death and taxes.”  Life insurance can help you when both of those situations occur.  Obviously not the aspect of death, but it can definitely manage the tax aspect of his comment. As humans, one of [...]

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The Best Life Insurance Worksheet

The Best Life Insurance Worksheet So you’ve come to the realization that you need to buy life insurance.  You’ve read and educated yourself at www.lifeinsurancethinktank.com and have some basic ideas of what types to review with your Retirement Life Solutions Specialist.  Before you make that call, there is one more thing you might want to [...]

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What types of Term Life Insurance is available today?

Understanding Term Life Insurance When you’re considering term life insurance, you need to understand the different types of term life available today.  Term life is the least expensive insurance available today and if used correctly could be the best insurance for you.  In fact many people supplement permanent life insurance (universal, indexed universal or whole [...]

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Whole life versus universal life insurance

Whole Life Insurance Whole life insurance (WL) is permanent insurance and covers you as long as you live.  You pay the same premium for a specific period (usually the rest of your life) to receive the death benefit.  This type of insurance provides life insurance coverage and a savings feature.   With whole life your [...]

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What can I do with the cash in my Life Insurance Policy?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, couples at the age of 65 have a 50% chance of living to 92 years of age. In order to have enough resources to take care of one’s medical and recreational needs advanced preparation must take place. Furthermore, many statistics indicate that 54% of Americans have less than $25,000 [...]

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What is Return of Premium Term Life Insurance?

With a Return of Premium (ROP) Term Life insurance policy, the insurance company will pay your beneficiaries the death benefit should you die before the end of the term.  The benefit of this type of term policy is if you outlive the term of the policy, the insurance company will return to you 100% of [...]

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