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Please Don’t Compare Whole Life Dividends to Universal Life Interest
Please Don’t Compare Whole Life Dividends to Universal Life Interest

It's hard to figure out what life insurance policy is best.  When it comes to purchases focusing on cash value, we want an easy way to compare policies and declare a winner.  A naturally obvious way to do this is focusing on anticipated rate of retur...

Posted: Aug 15, 2019

IUL Bonuses Pay You Double Digits?
IUL Bonuses Pay You Double Digits?

We're no strangers to voicing our concerns about lofty indexed universal life insurance assumptions.  In fact, we were an early voice seeking to temper the returns on IUL as the product began picking up serious steam nearly a decade ago.  Then came t...

Posted: Aug 08, 2019

Return of Premium Life Insurance Strategies
Return of Premium Life Insurance Strategies

For most agents, return of premium life insurance likely conjures up thoughts about term life insurance.  This comes from the marketing hurrah over return of premium term life insurance now over a decade ago. The success of that product wasn't smashi...

Posted: Aug 01, 2019

The Ultimate Guide to Whole Life Insurance Companies
The Ultimate Guide to Whole Life Insurance Companies

Whole life insurance companies or life insurance companies that offer whole life insurance comprise a much smaller pool of insurers versus universal life insurance.  However, a lot of these companies have extraordinary capitalization and profitabilit...

Posted: Jul 25, 2019

Independent Life Insurance Broker Myth
Independent Life Insurance Broker Myth

Being an independent life insurance broker sounds like a lot of fun.  You don't work for any specific company.  You have no quotas to worry about.  Instead, you work independently and make unbiased recommendations best suited for your clients.  You a...

Posted: Jul 18, 2019

Northwestern Mutual’s Dishonest Sales Tactic
Northwestern Mutual’s Dishonest Sales Tactic

Northwestern Mutual is a huge mutual life insurance company in the United States.  The company boasts an impressive policyholder count, an extremely large asset pool, and enviable profitability.  These stats alone are a good reason to stand up and ta...

Posted: Jul 04, 2019

Advantages and Disadvantages of Life Insurance
Advantages and Disadvantages of Life Insurance

Life insurance comes with great benefits and a few disadvantages.  For the average person out there looking to gain a better understanding of life insurance, we put together this list of the top three advantages and disadvantages.  We hope that it wi...

Posted: Jun 27, 2019

Life Insurance Ladder, Bogus Way to Save Money?
Life Insurance Ladder, Bogus Way to Save Money?

The world of personal finance contains no shortage of tips and tricks.  Many seek out slick nuances to highlight some “cool”  idea that promises to  “save you a bundle.”  The life insurance ladder strategy is no exception–big promise with a small adv...

Posted: Jun 20, 2019

What Happened to Single Premium Life Insurance?
What Happened to Single Premium Life Insurance?

Single premium life insurance functions just like it sounds.  You pay one single premium and the policy remains in force forever.  In somewhat more technical insurance-speak, it only takes one premium to satisfy the paid-up requirement of the policy....

Posted: Jun 06, 2019

Whole Life Insurance Guarantees Improve Over Time
Whole Life Insurance Guarantees Improve Over Time

Whole life insurance guarantees serve as a constant source for discussion about life insurance and other personal finance related matters.  Some might suggest that the whole life insurance guarantees are nothing special.  These guarantees represent a...

Posted: May 30, 2019