Friday, July 24, 2009

Money Talks

Money Talks

There is so much confusion right now in the government, and with the economy as a whole, it is difficult, if not almost impossible, for people to find real information that they can use, to learn more about money, finances, and how to grow and prosper, in this dwindling economy. The news sources will tell you one story, that everything is well and growing. It is a fact; however, that your dollar that you are earning at work right now, is slowly being eaten up by factors that you may not even be aware of. The answer to the problem is Money Talks.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Money Talks

Money Talks


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Monday, July 20, 2009

Money Talks

Money Talks

Its a fact that people are somewhat stressed concerning their money and finances. I have done much research over the past 30+ years into money, finances, financial institutions, and have been able to mentor many into taking the more productive path towards financial independence and freedom.

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I chose to bring my program Money Talks to the Internet. I find that people searching for real solutions to problems will turn to Google for that information. I know that most of the things that you read from financial planners, life insurance agents and so-called financial gurus, is most digital trash. I offer my readers real information and systems that will ultimately prove valuable in your long term financial life.

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Join the Money Talks newsletter today, and you will receive huge benefits and solutions that will empower you with knowledge and education.  Its time to learn where your money is actually going from an expert that will tell you the facts.
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Life Insurance-Things to Know BEFORE You Buy!

People understand these days that they could be leaving their families with a lot of problems when they die. It is very possible that the unpredictability of death would allow the people who are left behind struggling to take care of the business of fixing things and covering unfinished business of the deceased. It could be that upon the death of the deceased, they would have some difficulty paying off hospital fees, other debts of the deceased that need to be immediately paid and funeral fees. These are the kinds of problems that could prevent the family from properly mourning the loss of the loved one. In some cases, it could even tarnish the memory of he otherwise beloved family member. It is for this reason that it is a very wise choice for people to purchase a term life insurance that will cover most if not all of these tangential problems.

Term life insurance is the purest form of life insurance. It is not a permanent kind of life insurance and what differentiates it is the term. This mans that for an agreed upon term, the insured is insured against several risks that may or may not happen during term. If it does happen during the term, the insurer will then have to pay the proceeds of the term life insurance to the beneficiaries of the policy. After the term ends, the insured can drop the policy altogether and all the risks that he is insured against will no longer be compensated if it does happen. There will be no more compensation since the occurrence happened after the term. Moreover, the premiums that were paid will not revert back to the insured. There is therefore no return of insurance premiums in a term life insurance. This does not mean however that once the term ends, the person can no longer be insured. The person can be insured again by the insurer and in most cases, the term is renewed right after the end of the original term. It all depends on the agreement and the term can be continued or renewed with another payment of the insurance premiums.

Term life insurance can be very helpful for the beneficiaries of the deceased as it can cover all the miscellaneous fees that need to be taken care of upon the death of the insured. It can cover for the unreal services and the hospital expenses of the deceased and could also cover outstanding debts such as mortgages of their property. A term life insurance protects these families from the problems that they will encounter due to the death of the person and will allow them to focus on mourning the person's loss.

There are many different kinds of life insurance and some of them would prove to be equally helpful to the families. However, a term life insurance is probably the easiest to understand because of its simplicity. It is important to understand that a term life insurance is a very useful tool in protecting our loved ones from the problems that sudden death may bring. Protecting them should always be a priority.

Becoming educated in the ways of life insurance BEFORE you purchase it, is one way to assure that you are covered adequately, and that you can make your money invested work for you.  Financial education and insight are necessary in learning how to further your own economic future.

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Life Insurance-Things You Need to Know!

Buying life insurance can be a major decision, especially when you want to make sure that the policy you purchase is going to meet the specific needs of you and your family. You might decide that you don't need life insurance at all, and even if you do want to purchase a life insurance policy you'll still have to decide whether a term life policy or a whole life policy will be better for your needs. While term life insurance is quite popular, there are some benefits offered by whole life policies that term policies just can't match. Whole life insurance isn't right for everyone, so make sure that you consider some of the following items to help determine if it's right for you.  Before You Purchase Life Insurance, Learn More HERE...

One of the more important things to consider when deciding whether term life insurance would be a good choice for you is whether you want your policy to serve as insurance only or whether you'd like for it to have a separate value as well. Whole life policies gain value over time due to investments, and this value can be used to secure loans in much the same way that equity loans borrow against the value of a home. Since this feature is not offered with term life insurance, if you would like for your policy to have its own value then whole life is the way to go.

Whole life policies also take care of the biggest problem with term life insurance… instead of the policy only lasting until the end of a specific period of time, your whole life policy will offer coverage to you until you pass away regardless of how long that is. This can allow you to guarantee that your family and other loved ones will be taken care of as you wish without having to worry about whether the term of your insurance will lapse before that time. If you only want your life insurance to provide coverage for you until your retirement fund kicks in or you're trying to make sure that your family will be provided for while the kids are still living at home, then you would probably better off with a term life policy.

One other factor that should be taken into consideration when deciding whether or not to buy whole life insurance is whether you can afford it or not. Whole life policies are generally more expensive than term life, and if the cost of the insurance that you buy is going to be a major factor then it's important to make sure that you can afford the whole life premiums. An increasing number of whole life policies are being offered with locked-in premium rates so that they won't continue to increase with time, but you should still make sure that you're getting a rate you'll be able to afford over the years before locking it in.

If you're still undecided as to whether you would benefit from a whole life policy or if term life would be better for you, take the time to talk to insurance agents about the differences in the policies. Express your concerns and what you're looking for and they will be able to answer your questions and provide you with additional information about whole life policies. This will help you to make an informed decision as to whether a whole life insurance policy is the right fit for your needs.

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Life Insurance

Life insurance is a contract between an insurance company and a policy owner in which the insurer agrees to pay an amount of money in the event of the insured person's death or other circumstances like terminal illnesses. The policy payer in return, pays an agreed amount that is called a premium at intervals or lump sums.

One stipulation of insurance is that the insurer will pay the insurance claims to the beneficiaries of the insured if an insured event that is covered by the policy occurs. Insured events are specified events covered by the insurance policy. These events should be based on the lives of the people included in the policy. Sickness can be covered by an insurance policy.

Like any other contract, life insurance has terms that describe the liabilities and limitations of the insurer and the insurance coverage respectively. Events that are excluded from coverage are generally written in the contract to limit the insurance company's liability. One example of exclusion is suicide.

Life-based insurance has two major types. Protection policies are those that are designed to grant benefit upon the occurrence of a specified event. The insurance claims are usually paid in lump sums. Term life insurance is an example of this policy. Another type is investment policies. The objective of these is to assist the build up of cash value by regular premiums. The common forms of these policies are whole life, variable life and universal life insurance.

The parties involved in insurance contracts are the insurer, the policy owner, the insured, and the beneficiaries. The insured and the policy owner are often the same person, but there are circumstances that they are two different individuals. A wife who purchases insurance for her husband is the policy owner, while the husband is the insured person. The wife is the person responsible for the payment of monthly premiums, while the husband is the person that is covered by insurance. In the event that the insured person dies, the insurance claims are then paid to the beneficiaries of the insured. The beneficiaries are normally the dependents who receive the death benefit to be paid by the insurance company. They may either be persons, business entities or organizations.

The cost of the insurance premiums are normally based on the risk that an insurer has to take to insure a person, the probability that a person will die, and the administrative costs and profits to be incurred by the insurance company. The probability of death is taken from mortality tables that are based on age, gender, and tobacco use.

In the event of the insured's death, beneficiaries are required an acceptable proof of death before they are paid the insurance claims. The normal required proof is a death certificate and a completed insurer's claim form. In circumstances where the death of the insured individual is suspicious, the insurance company has the right to investigate on the death before deciding if it has an obligation to pay the death benefit for the life insurance to the beneficiaries of the insured.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Life Insurance

Facts You Should Know BEFORE You Purchase Life Insurance!

Types of life insurance

Life insurance may be divided into two basic classes – temporary and permanent or following subclasses - term, universal, whole life and endowment life insurance. Learn More About Life Insurance BEFORE you purchase!

Temporary Term Insurance

Term assurance: provides for life insurance coverage for a specified term of years for a specified premium. The policy does not accumulate cash value. Term is generally considered "pure" insurance, where the premium buys protection in the event of death and nothing else.

There are three key factors to be considered in term insurance:

1. Face amount (protection or death benefit),
2. Premium to be paid (cost to the insured), and
3. Length of coverage (term).

Various insurance companies sell term insurance with many different combinations of these three parameters. The face amount can remain constant or decline. The term can be for one or more years. The premium can remain level or increase. A common type of term is called annual renewable term. It is a one year policy but the insurance company guarantees it will issue a policy of equal or lesser amount without regard to the insurability of the insured and with a premium set for the insured's age at that time. Another common type of term insurance is mortgage insurance, which is usually a level premium, declining face value policy. The face amount is intended to equal the amount of the mortgage on the policy owner's residence so the mortgage will be paid if the insured dies.

A policy holder insures his life for a specified term. If he dies before that specified term is up, his estate or named beneficiary receives a payout. If he does not die before the term is up, he receives nothing. In the past these policies would almost always exclude suicide. However, after a number of court judgments against the industry, payouts do occur on death by suicide (presumably except for in the unlikely case that it can be shown that the suicide was just to benefit from the policy). Generally, if an insured person commits suicide within the first two policy years, the insurer will return the premiums paid. However, a death benefit will usually be paid if the suicide occurs after the two year period.

Permanent Life Insurance

Permanent life insurance is life insurance that remains in force (in-line) until the policy matures (pays out), unless the owner fails to pay the premium when due (the policy expires OR policies lapse). The policy cannot be canceled by the insurer for any reason except fraud in the application, and that cancellation must occur within a period of time defined by law (usually two years). Permanent insurance builds a cash value that reduces the amount at risk to the insurance company and thus the insurance expense over time. This means that a policy with a million dollar face value can be relatively expensive to a 70 year old. The owner can access the money in the cash value by withdrawing money, borrowing the cash value, or surrendering the policy and receiving the surrender value.

The four basic types of permanent insurance are whole life, universal life, limited pay and endowment.

Whole life coverage

Whole life insurance provides for a level premium, and a cash value table included in the policy guaranteed by the company. The primary advantages of whole life are guaranteed death benefits, guaranteed cash values, fixed and known annual premiums, and mortality and expense charges will not reduce the cash value shown in the policy. The primary disadvantages of whole life are premium inflexibility, and the internal rate of return in the policy may not be competitive with other savings alternatives. Also, the cash values are generally kept by the insurance company at the time of death, the death benefit only to the beneficiaries. Riders are available that can allow one to increase the death benefit by paying additional premium. The death benefit can also be increased through the use of policy dividends. Dividends cannot be guaranteed and may be higher or lower than historical rates over time. Premiums are much higher than term insurance in the short-term, but cumulative premiums are roughly equal if policies are kept in force until average life expectancy.

Cash value can be accessed at any time through policy "loans". Since these loans decrease the death benefit if not paid back, payback is optional. Cash values are not paid to the beneficiary upon the death of the insured; the beneficiary receives the death benefit only. If the dividend option: Paid up additions is elected, dividend cash values will purchase additional death benefit which will increase the death benefit of the policy to the named beneficiary.

Universal life coverage

Universal life insurance (UL) is a relatively new insurance product intended to provide permanent insurance coverage with greater flexibility in premium payment and the potential for a higher internal rate of return. There are several types of universal life insurance policies which include "interest sensitive" (also known as "traditional fixed universal life insurance"), variable universal life insurance, and equity indexed universal life insurance.

A universal life insurance policy includes a cash account. Premiums increase the cash account. Interest is paid within the policy (credited) on the account at a rate specified by the company. Mortality charges and administrative costs are then charged against (reduce) the cash account. The surrender value of the policy is the amount remaining in the cash account less applicable surrender charges, if any.

With all life insurance, there are basically two functions that make it work. There's a mortality function and a cash function. The mortality function would be the classical notion of pooling risk where the premiums paid by everybody else would cover the death benefit for the one or two who will die for a given period of time. The cash function inherent in all life insurance says that if a person is to reach age 95 to 100 (the age varies depending on state and company), then the policy matures and endows the face value of the policy.

Actuarially, it is reasoned that out of a group of 1000 people, if even 10 of them live to age 95, then the mortality function alone will not be able to cover the cash function. So in order to cover the cash function, a minimum rate of investment return on the premiums will be required in the event that a policy matures.

Universal life insurance addresses the perceived disadvantages of whole life. Premiums are flexible. Depending on how interest is credited, the internal rate of return can be higher because it moves with prevailing interest rates (interest-sensitive) or the financial markets (Equity Indexed Universal Life and Variable Universal Life). Mortality costs and administrative charges are known. And cash value may be considered more easily attainable because the owner can discontinue premiums if the cash value allows it. And universal life has a more flexible death benefit because the owner can select one of two death benefit options, Option A and Option B.

Option A pays the face amount at death as it's designed to have the cash value equal the death benefit at maturity (usually at age 95 or 100). With each premium payment, the policy owner is reducing the cost of insurance until the cash value reaches the face amount upon maturity.

Option B pays the face amount plus the cash value, as it's designed to increase the net death benefit as cash values accumulate. Option B offers the benefit of an increasing death benefit every year that the policy stays in force. The drawback to option B is that because the cash value is accumulated "on top of" the death benefit, the cost of insurance never decreases as premium payments are made. Thus, as the insured gets older, the policy owner is faced with an ever increasing cost of insurance (it costs more money to provide the same initial face amount of insurance as the insured gets older).

Limited-pay

Another type of permanent insurance is Limited-pay life insurance, in which all the premiums are paid over a specified period after which no additional premiums are due to keep the policy in force. Common limited pay periods include 10-year, 20-year, and paid-up at age 65.

Endowments

Endowments are policies in which the cash value built up inside the policy, equals the death benefit (face amount) at a certain age. The age this commences is known as the endowment age. Endowments are considerably more expensive (in terms of annual premiums) than either whole life or universal life because the premium paying period is shortened and the endowment date is earlier.

In the United States, the Technical Corrections Act of 1988 tightened the rules on tax shelters (creating modified endowments). These follow tax rules as annuities and IRAs do.

Endowment Insurance is paid out whether the insured lives or dies, after a specific period (e.g. 15 years) or a specific age (e.g. 65).

Accidental Death

Accidental death is a limited life insurance that is designed to cover the insured when they pass away due to an accident. Accidents include anything from an injury, but do not typically cover any deaths resulting from health problems or suicide. Because they only cover accidents, these policies are much less expensive than other life insurances.

It is also very commonly offered as "accidental death and dismemberment insurance", also known as an AD&D policy. In an AD&D policy, benefits are available not only for accidental death, but also for loss of limbs or bodily functions such as sight and hearing, etc.

Accidental death and AD&D policies very rarely pay a benefit; either the cause of death is not covered, or the coverage is not maintained after the accident until death occurs. To be aware of what coverage they have, an insured should always review their policy for what it covers and what it excludes. Often, it does not cover an insured who puts themselves at risk in activities such as: parachuting, flying an airplane, professional sports, or involvement in a war (military or not). Also, some insurers will exclude death and injury caused by proximate causes due to (but not limited to) racing on wheels and mountaineering.

Accidental death benefits can also be added to a standard life insurance policy as a rider. If this rider is purchased, the policy will generally pay double the face amount if the insured dies due to an accident. This used to be commonly referred to as a double indemnity coverage. In some cases, some companies may even offer a triple indemnity cover.

Life Insurance Facts You Should Know BEFORE You Purchase!