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Should You Intentionally UNDERfund Whole Life Insurance?
Should You Intentionally UNDERfund Whole Life Insurance?

Last week I was having an email conversation with a member of our audience. As part of an email that I sent out (to those lucky enough to be on our subscriber list), I asked a question and I got quite a few responses. It's a very nice thing to have a...

Posted: Nov 08, 2018

Is Universal Life Insurance Collapsing?
Is Universal Life Insurance Collapsing?

Universal life insurance is really not that interesting, but you'd never guess that by reading pretty much anything that gets published about it in the mainstream press. In fact, it has been featured in the WSJ more than a couple times in the last se...

Posted: Nov 01, 2018

Working With Bad Life Insurance Companies
Working With Bad Life Insurance Companies

Today's episode is all about the evils of working with companies that turn out to be major disappointments. Who are we talking about specifically? Well, we're not gonna name names here. Not today. Really our plan here is just to sort of weave togethe...

Posted: Oct 25, 2018

The Key to Selling More Whole Life Insurance
The Key to Selling More Whole Life Insurance

What would it mean to your business if you could find a better way of selling more whole life insurance? Over the past 7 years, we've figured out how The post The Key to Selling More Whole Life Insurance appeared first on The Insurance Pro Blog.

Posted: Oct 18, 2018

Whole Life Insurance Pros and Cons
Whole Life Insurance Pros and Cons

First, I feel the need to provide context for this post. 99% of our clients want to use cash value life insurance as an asset class. Which means people need to distinguish whole life insurance from indexed universal life insurance. Yes, there are oth...

Posted: Oct 04, 2018

Whole Life Insurance Dividend Rates Exposed
Whole Life Insurance Dividend Rates Exposed

Every year, usually sometime in November, life insurance companies that sell participating whole life insurance report their plans to pay dividends to policyholders. When the insurance companies talk about it, they often refer to as their whole life...

Posted: Sep 27, 2018

TEFRA DEFRA TAMRA: How Taxes Effect Life Insurance
TEFRA DEFRA TAMRA: How Taxes Effect Life Insurance

Life insurance enjoys some unique tax benefits, but it also faces limits imposed by legislation we know as TEFRA DEFRA and TAMRA.  These pieces of legislation established specific guidelines as to what you can and cannot do with life insurance. Each...

Posted: Sep 20, 2018

Is 10 Pay Whole Life Insurance Any Good?
Is 10 Pay Whole Life Insurance Any Good?

Using whole life insurance as a place to store cash and to accumulate wealth works well for people who have a decent amount of discretionary income and realistic expectations. Most life insurance companies teach their agents that using a 10 pay whole...

Posted: Sep 13, 2018

3 Legitimate Reasons NOT to Buy Whole Life Insurance
3 Legitimate Reasons NOT to Buy Whole Life Insurance

 In our last post and podcast episode, we compiled the 5 Reasons Whole Life Insurance is a Bad Idea…According to the Internet. To show you that we are fair and balanced when it comes to the pros and cons, we thought it appropriate to discuss some of...

Posted: Sep 06, 2018

5 Reasons Why Whole Life Insurance Is Bad According to the Internet
5 Reasons Why Whole Life Insurance Is Bad According to the Internet

If you’ve been around the life insurance industry for more than five minutes, it’s pretty likely that you’ve encountered all sorts of reasons as to why whole life insurance is bad. In fact, it’s probably the most maligned of any financial product. A...

Posted: Aug 30, 2018