Saturday, February 2, 2008

Guidelines for buying life insurance

* Calculate the amount of life insurance coverage for you and your family would really need in case a tragedy occurs. What would be necessary for your dependents to maintain a reasonable standard of living?

* Buy low-load insurance policies, which pay a minimum of advance commissions to an agent because it can help reduce your overall insurance costs and to maintain the ratio of commissions premiums as low as possible. Working with an independent insurance agent who does not work for one insurance company, you want an agent who represents many companies because it will assure you the least expensive, the policy of the highest quality available. Also take advantage of any online resources to help you with your shopping and price comparisons, and be sure to verify that the ratings of the insurance company you want to buy your policy ultimately a strong symbol high business.

* Buy an insurance policy covering only the period of time during which you are at risk. For a period of 30 years or less, term life insurance is likely your best, most cost-effective coverage of the option.

* When uncertain of the timetable for the coverage you need, it may be advisable to purchase a policy with a conversion option that converts a political expression of a standard policy to a whole life. Be aware that trade off having participated in the conversion option is obviously a higher cost.


* Create and customize your own set of political life by purchasing a political life, and the use of savings or spread your premiums to invest in an IRA or to pay down debt while high interest that you have accumulated.

* Only the full use universal life as tax shelter investment vehicle if you have exhausted all other sources of tax savings (ie the IRA's, 401 (k), and others).

* Before buying any insurance or universal life compare investment options associate of the policy to all other tax-sheltered investment vehicles to determine the options that will really help you achieve your goals in the long term.

1 komentar:

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I will be shopping for a life insurance for the first time and I am so worried of this whole idea. I do wanted to make the best deal that will covers all my need and also cost me lesser i.e in my budget. Thanks a lot for sharing all these points, they are an absolute help to and have provided me an excellent guidance.