Life Insurance Tips on Saving You Money!

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1. Determine Coverage Amount needed - The amount of money your family or inheritors will receive after your death is called a death benefit. The easiest way to determine the suitable amount of life insurance needed is to simply take your annual salary and multiply by 8. A more detailed method is to add up the monthly expense your family will incur after your death. Remember to include the one-time expenses at death and the ongoing expenses such as a mortgage, car payments or school bills. Take the ongoing expenses and divide by .06 which designates the lump sum of funds needed, if earning approximately 6% each year to pay those ongoing expenses. Add to that amount funds needed to cover one-time expenses and that's the estimated amount of life insurance desired.
2. Quality & Value of the Insuring Company - An insurance policy is only as worthy as the business that funds it. Knowing for confidently that the company that issues the life insurance policy will be around to service it and eventually pay the death claim. To assist determining the strongest companies, there are several ratings agencies that rate insurance companies on the quality of their fiscal fitness, quality of investments, and overall financial soundness. A credit rating represents an independent assessment of the insurer's ability to pay its claims on time and meet all its other financial obligations, the bottom line for any life insurance company. There are four leading agencies: A.M. Best, Standard and Poors, Moody's, and Fitch.
   
   Each agency has slightly different criteria and looking at different ratings for one company will give you a good overview of the company's financial strength.
3. Find the Right Type of Policy- Once you've got an estimate of how much life insurance you'll need, it's time to think about the type of policy that best fits your needs as there are many to choose from, however, there are four basic types: term, whole life, universal life, and variable life.
   • Term Life Insurance - provides life insurance protection for a specific period of years. Benefits can be used to help pay off mortgages and other outstanding debts in the event of a premature death. Generally the least expensive form of life insurance, term provides pure insurance protection only. It does not accumulate cash value, and generally does not receive dividends.
   • Whole Life - also known as permanent insurance - protects you throughout your lifetime, from the day you purchase the policy until you die, as long as you pay the premiums. Guaranteed for life, your policy will be renewed every year, regardless of your health for as long as you live, again, as long as required premiums are paid.
   • Universal Life - provides permanent life insurance protection and access to cash values that grow tax-deferred. With Universal Life, you can increase or decrease your coverage, as your insurance needs change and control the amount and frequency of premium payments.
   • Variable Life - is a type of flexible premium, permanent life insurance policy that allow the policy owners to have premium dollars allocated to a variety of investment options, including a fixed account.
4. Compare Multiple Insurance Rates - Find & Compare Multiple Insurance Quotes online - Prices vary from insurer to insurer, so it pays to do your homework. When looking for life insurance get at least three price quotes. You can spend your time calling companies directly or access multiple life insurance quotes online from insurers with www.find-insurance-policy.com. Remember - you are buying a life insurance policy, so the one thing you definitely need to check on is the policy. Read the contract thoroughly, and if you need help ask a lawyer or an insurance agent. Never sign before you fully understand all the clauses.
5. Your Lifestyle - When you purchase life insurance you need to consider how much you can and will spend depending on your lifestyle, keeping in mind it is not just a one time up front payment but monthly premiums throughout your life. It helps if you are young. The older you are, the higher becomes the premium. Habits like smoking and drinking could also raise the premium cost as well as some adventure sports and recreation activities. Finally, of course your health history would play a major part in determining the premium.

Use these tips to find, compare and save money on Life Insurance.

• AARP Senior Insurance
• Children's Insurance
• Group Life Insurance
• Smoker's Insurance
• Term Life Insurance
• Universal Life Insurance
• Whole Life Insurance