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LIMRA International have said this is the greatest decline since 1942 over the last six months for US life insurance. Stock connected investments such as.

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Women receive more life insurance benefits than men, survey says


A gender gap exists in the amount of life insurance benefits received by men and women after the death of a spouse, according to a survey by MetLife.

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The Need for Life Insurance – Just Ask Ann Landers


lifeinsurancenoexam.biz is holding its $100 Writing Contest to demonstrate the need for life insurance.  Entrants are writing about the impact of life insurance on family, friends, or clients.  If Ann Landers was still alive, we’re sure she would have loved this contest.  Take a look at some of her columns on the subject –

Here’s one column reprinted by Prudential entitled The Importance of Life Insurance.

And here’s a response to that letter.

Widower wishes he had prepared for the worst

Dear Ann Landers: I am a male reader who is very much interested in the letter signed “Finding My Way in Tampa.” The writer was saying how important it is to have life insurance. Please let your readers know that it is a good idea for a man to carry life insurance on his wife, whether or not she works outside the home.
Several years ago, my wife died of breast cancer, leaving me a widower at the age of 35. We had two children, 6 and 8 years of age. I did not have life insurance on my wife. Fortunately, I had enough savings to take care of the funeral and burial expenses without borrowing, but there wasn’t much left over.
I soon discovered I could not provide the stable home-life environment that my wife had supplied, and went through one child-care provider after another. I had to cut way back on my working hours, which did not endear me to my employer and co-workers when they had to pick up the slack. I became dependent on a lot of people for a long time.
My advice is this: Both spouses should get life insurance policies that will enable either one to maintain the independence and lifestyle he or she has today, in case tragedy strikes. It seems my experience with the untimely death of my wife is becoming all too common.
— J.A. in Pensacola, Fla.
Dear Pensacola: No one can sound a warning as effectively as someone who has “been there,” and you certainly have. The idea that a wife who is a homemaker should be covered by insurance may seem like a needless luxury, but you have pointed out that it could be a godsend. Thank you on behalf of all my readers who heard your wake-up call.

Take a look at another Dear Ann Landers about the importance of life insurance.
And here’s another-

Life insurance is money well spent

Dear Ann Landers:
I am a 48-year-old widow with four children.  My husband died suddenly of a heart attack last year.  Needless to say, this has been a very difficult time, but thanks to my husband’s loving foresight our family is doing well.
Throughout all the years of our marriage, in spite of tight budgets and financial difficulties, he maintained substantial life insurance policies on both his life and mine.  Even with my fulltime job, I would not have been able to manage had it not been for his insurance money.  At least our children’s grief over the death of their father was not compounded by the loss of their home and friends.
I am shocked by the number of women who have told me in confidence that they are concerned because their husbands have little or no life insurance.  They have two cars, a boat, and costly vacations.  They give their children music lessons, dancing lessons and orthodontic braces, but they ignore the possibility of what their children would do if the principal breadwinner were to die or become disabled.
Many people have small insurance coverage through their work and believe it is enough.  They need to wake up, Ann.  It cost me $15,000 just to bury my husband.  I’d hate to think of where I would be now if that dear man hadn’t loved us enough to make sure we were provided for after his death. – Carol in Martinez, Calif.
Dear Carol:

If ever there was a wake-up call, your letter is it.  Thank you for a letter that could make a big difference in the lives of my readers.  Reprint with permission

We hope you’ll write your about  your own experiences and enter lifeinsurancenoexam.biz “Why Life Insurance” Writing Contest.

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Lifeinsurancenoexam.biz Sponsors $100 “Why Life Insurance” Writing Contest


Lifeinsurancenoexam.biz announces its  “Why Life Insurance” Writing Contest to run through September 30th, 2009.

Life insurance is considered a necessity in today’s world by most financial experts. After all, what would happen to your family if you pass away and they no longer had your income for support?  In most cases it would mean economic disaster.  But merely explaining the need is not nearly as compelling as a real life example. That’s why Lifeinsurancenoexam.biz is sponsoring the “Why Life Insurance” Writing Contest.

Just describe how life insurance has impacted the lives of family, friends, or clients.  It can be any length.  Short is fine; the entries will be judged on how compelling the story is.  The winner will receive $100 through PayPal and their winning entry published on lifeinsurancenoexam.biz/blog.

Rules:

1. Entry must be posted on another blog or website.

2. Entry must begin with the following and include the 2 anchor links.Lifeinsurancenoexam.biz has asked the following – How has life insurance impacted the lives of family, friends, or clients?  Here is my story:”

3.  Enter by emailing info@lifeinsurancenoexam.biz with notice of your entry posting and url.

4. You may enter as often as you like.

5. Deadline is midnight, September 30, 2009

6. Entrants give permission to http://lifeinsurancenoexam.biz to use and reprint entries on their website and any other promotional materials.

7.  Judges decision is final.

Please contact info@lifeinsurancenoexam.biz with any questions.  Lifeinsurancenoexam.biz gives free, online life insurance quotes.  Get instant term life insurance or whole life insurance without an exam.

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Lengthy underwriting can cause premium rates to go up


When you read the June 9, 2009 Wall Street Journal article, Insurers Raise the Premiums on Term Life, there’s a perfect example of what can happen when medical exams delay the underwriting process.

Steve Johnson, a 51-year-old business consultant in Lilburn, Ga., was trying to beat an impending price increase when he rushed in his application to online insurance broker AccuQuote.com for a new $500,000, 10-year term life policy from ING Groep NV’s ReliaStar Life Insurance Co. in April.  But a series of canceled appointments delayed the necessary medical exam by several weeks, Mr. Johnson says. In the end, his application arrived a day late, and his annual premium rose to $864 from the $744 he had been quoted.

Don’t let this happen to you!  Expedite  your underwriting  by making sure you have all medical records sent promptly from your physicians and be sure to quickly schedule and NOT cancel the medical exam!

You can get life insurance instantly by applying online at lifeinsurancenoexam.biz.  It’s a free online quote and application site.  There’s NO medical exam! Just answer a few yes/no questions and if approved, you’ll be instantly covered within minutes!

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From the Mailbag: Life Insurance Times 2


A reader asks:
Can I have more than 1 life insurance policy? What “gotcha’s” should I be aware of?
Yes, you can certainly have more than one life insurance policy. For example, lots of folks have one through work (usually as part of their group medical plan), and another they bought on their own. The advantage to the former is that the rates are usually low (since the face amount is usually only $10 or $15 thousand). The advantage to the latter is that it isn’t tied to your job, so you don’t give it up if you change employers.
Also, many people have more than one kind of policy: for example, a term plan to cover the mortgage, and a permanent one for longer term needs (income replacement, final expenses, etc). Some folks also find variable policies (which have sub-accounts that mimic mutual finds) to be useful in retirement planning.
If there’s any “gotcha” (and I’m not saying there is), it’s that carriers generally try to avoid over-insuring folks. That is, having so much insurance – in total – that one is “worth more dead than alive.” So they’ll ask about other plans already in place, and whether the new policy replaces or supplements those.
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