Term Life Vs. Whole Life: Pro’s & Con’s New Jersey NJ

 

December 11, 2008 by visitor · Leave a Comment
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Reader’s Question:

I’ve been doing a lot of reading regarding term life and whole life insurance policies here in New Jersey and I got confused, should I pay the high-price of a whole life insurance or just get a term life which is cheaper and just renew after the policy expires?

Yvonne

Camden, NJ

You have a very interesting question there. A lot of people are confused as to whether to get term life insurance since it is cheaper or get a whole life insurance policy since there is no need to renew every time. But the best answer to this would be to determine if you will need life insurance coverage for a temporary period of time only, or if you want to get coverage for the long-term.

Term life insurance would be highly advisable if you only want life coverage while you take pay-off long-term financial obligations such as supporting a growing family, paying house mortgage there in New Jersey, student loans, credit card bills or debts, or while paying for your child’s college tuition, or also if you are paying a family member’s health care needs. This kind of insurance would also be more cost-effective for people who are involved in high-risk activities, hazardous work conditions or is inclined to participate in dangerous hobbies.

But what if you are thinking about lifetime coverage? Even if you start off paying big life insurance premiums what’s important to know is that, under a whole life insurance policy, a portion of what you are paying actually goes into a sort of savings account, known as a “Cash Value” feature. It accumulates growth in your policy and allows you to have money available for future needs while maintaining adequate life insurance coverage.

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Universal Life Insurance Policy New Jersey NJ

 

December 8, 2008 by visitor · Leave a Comment
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Reader’s Question:

What does universal life insurance policy offers?

Paul

Elizabeth, NJ

Guaranteed level death benefit is one of the advantages with universal life insurance offers. The guaranteed level death benefit can be decreased or increased by the policy owner. To decrease the death benefit is easy but if the policy holder would like to increase the death benefit, he/she has to show the proof of insurability and obtain approval from the life insurance company.

With universal life insurance policy, there is also a savings element that can either be increased or decreased at the will of the policyholder. The request to decrease the life insurance is not as difficult as to increase where evidence of insurability is required from policyholder. Aside from this advantage, the death benefits are paid to the beneficiaries upon the death of the policy holder. When this is paid upon the death of the policy owner, the face amount is usually free from income tax. This life insurance policy also accumulates cash that is tax deferred. The cash can be accessed by the policy owner in the event of emergency. Furthermore, the face amount increases according to the cash value earnings of the life insurance policy.

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Online Life Insurance Shopping New Jersey NJ

 

December 4, 2008 by visitor · Leave a Comment
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Reader’s Question:

Would I get the same deal if I shop for Life insurance on the web as I would if I spoke to a real life insurance agent here in New Jersey?

Jerica

East Orange, NJ

The answer is a definite yes, over the years life insurance providers have seen the great potential of the Internet to reach out to more consumers and effectively broaden their market with relatively little cost as compared to paying agents to go door to door. You can search for companies offering cheap life insurance, No-Exam life insurance and be able to compare life insurance rates across many insurance companies without having to stay on hold forever to speak to a live life insurance agent just to get a voice mail machine or wait 24 hours to get a call back.

You don’t even have to search for each and every life insurance company website just to get the information you need. There are also many life insurance portals that will provide access to Online quoting systems or databases that will give you timely and accurate pricing and rate information at a glance to help you choose the best provider there in New Jersey. It would be good practice to take advantage of these sites and narrow down the list of life insurance companies that you think offers the policy best suiting your needs. After which it would be much easier to talk to (and even negotiate) to a live agent since you know what rates up for grabs, and you will know if you are being sold into something that is over-priced and eventually get the life insurance that is best for you.

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