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Keeping an inexpensive term life insurance policy for too long can cost unprepared families lots of money in the long run.

While term insurance is a great way to protect your family from financial disaster, sitting on the same policy until it is too late to replace it with a permanent options can be a financial disaster.

Term life is temporary insurance. It pays a fixed death benefit if the policy holder passes away during a set period of time. For example, if you have a 20-year term policy and you die before the 20 years end, your beneficiaries will receive the face value of your policy.

Once the 20 years is up, the contract expires. The company keeps your premiums and you have to find new insurance, usually at a higher premium. Term insurance helps you to prepare for the unexpected.

Term insurance is the cheapest form of life insurance because it is temporary and not intended to pay out. Young families benefit from term insurance. In many cases, it is taken out to help suppor (more...)

Health insurance provides us with a financial safety net in the event of injury, or accident. Depending on the policy you have, your health insurance plan covers some, most, or all of your medical expenses. While most workers receive some sort of health insurance through their employers, there are circumstances where workplace, or other group coverage options are not available. To protect themselves, those people without any group insurance option must consider an individual health insurance plan.

Here are some examples of situations in which an individual health insurance plan may be necessary.

Self-Employed People

Just like anyone else, the self-employed person needs to have health insurance, and an individual health insurance plan is usually the only option. Many self-employed persons are, in fact, the only employee in their company, and as a result are unable to take advantage of group rates. However, through careful rate shopping, and comparison, they can find an affordable (more...)