Our thoughts are with you

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Our thoughts are with you - As I contemplated a post for this blog, my thoughts returned to the tragedy that the Japanese have suffered after the tsunami that swept the towns and cities, taking with it countless lives. And while talking about death is no stranger to this blog, given the nature of...

What's your excuse

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What's your excuse - What's your excuse for not having life insurance If your excuse is :? I'm young and healthy, so I do not need to think about it, but ... ... then Tara Newby would probably disagree with you. Her husband, Preston, was just 24 when he died, leaving a widow with two small children....

A world without mothers

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A world without mothers - Today we pay tribute to all mothers for all they do and everything they did. And our thoughts are with those who lost their mother, much too young. This video makes you think where we would be without them. Now, if you can, go give your mom a hug. ...

Got Your Head in the Sand When it comes to disability?

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Got Your Head in the Sand When it comes to disability? - Workers who start today are projected to have about three in 10 chance of suffering a long-term disability during their working years. Yet despite these odds size, nearly 70% of the workforce of America has no private disability insurance....

Children should go to school, not punching a clock

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Children should go to school, not punching a clock - is August, so just about everywhere you look there are ads for back-to-sales school. He is nostalgic for me. I loved going to school, and especially loved the storage of school supplies. Nothing like the smell of new sharpened # 2s. (Do kids even...

You are 65. Now What?

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You are 65. Now What? - You just celebrated your 65th birthday. It's time for you to include in the insurance, but do you understand the different components of the Medicare program? Here are some guidelines issue of July / August Journal of NYSBA. Medicare Part A is hospital...

Is it time for you to start the conversation?

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Is it time for you to start the conversation? - Only 49% of Americans who have financial advisors and financial plans have already discussed with their advisors by adding life insurance to their plans, according to a study conducted by Saybrus Partners Inc. in collaboration with...

I paid a price greater than I had imagined

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I paid a price greater than I had imagined - When I wanted to have my father at 83, moved in with my husband and me, you could say that I am an idealist or being overprotective, or I bite more than I could chew. At the time, I would have argued with you vehemently, but you...

Tips for finding the best health plan for you

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Tips for finding the best health plan for you - The purpose of health insurance is to cover and reduce the cost of health-related expenses. A good insurance plan to save money and protect you from having to pay in full for high medical expenses now or in the future. You can...

Uncertain? Confused? Join the Club

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Uncertain? Confused? Join the Club - A recent Guardian survey, Life Insurance Company has found that Americans are overwhelmed by the prospect of saving for retirement, and they do not know how insurance -life part of the overall planning. This survey indicates that all Americans...

How is your procrastination serve you? (You, yes you)

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How is your procrastination serve you? (You, yes you) - When procrastination has served you well? If you think back, you might be able to dredge once or twice when you put out an onerous task to find your laziness (I can just call a spade a spade?) Rewarded. You watched the game instead of shoveling...

Scare Tactics retirement? I do not think so

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Scare Tactics retirement? I do not think so - retirement. I mentioned the lack of preparation for retirement for years to baby boomers. Many baby boomers are not and will not in a financial situation where they can enjoy a secure retirement. Financial-Planning.com published...

We have a Grown-Up Kind of Love

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We have a Grown-Up Kind of Love - When Emilia was about 6 months old, Kyle and I used to get life insurance. At the time, I joked about it: we look! We're so mature! And adult! Adult, even! GO US. I also told the story of how, in the life insurance application process, a nurse...

Shattered Lives

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Shattered Lives - My first year managing the scholarship program life lessons, ME was presented to Giavanna Ficarra. As I watched his video submission requesting a scholarship, I remember feeling so saddened by his story. It brought tears to my eyes to hear that his father was...

A Push From the Heart

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A Push From the Heart - Greg Knoll and Melissa were in love college and married soon after graduation. Young and active, they were excited about the possibilities that the future and happy to be sharing the journey. While in their mid 20s, they began to make the future concrete...

Women: Put your oxygen mask on financial

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Women: Put your oxygen mask on financial - First is Several years, like many other women, I went through a divorce There is a time difficult for all. involved, but as a financial professional, the experience reminded me how important it is for women to ask questions and be involved...

Could you live on $ 1125 a month? If not, read this

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Could you live on $ 1125 a month? If not, read this - You have become disabled, but you're not worried. Why? Because you think that social security disability benefits will "take care of you." Re ally? According to statistics from the Administration of Social Security, the average...

The Best One-Liners (for life insurance)

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The Best One-Liners (for life insurance) - Gosh, we love our fans on Facebook. We asked a simple question: "If you had one sentence to convince someone to buy a life insurance, how about" And we had a large cargo responses . Here are our winners: you can always take care...

Are annuities-for you?

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Are annuities-for you? - Almost half of workers plan to block a retirement annuity. Part of the reason is that the pension benefits offered by employers are most often distributed to workers in the form of an annuity, according to a new report "Ambivalence Towards Annuities older...

Be able to help

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Be able to help - We often see sad stories or sobering in the news or even on our Facebook feeds and feel powerless to do anything to make a difference. Well, here's your chance to make a difference in the life of a young person who is struggling financially to make the dream...

3 tips to get "high risk" life insurance

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3 tips to get "high risk" life insurance - If life insurance is not a priority before it will become one if your health declines. The combination of the realization of the most important people in your life are financially dependent on you and you are no longer invincible are...

Be master of your future Ensuring your

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Be master of your future Ensuring your - If there is one thing the recession (and all the twists and turns that followed subsequent economic) taught us, it is the value to be proactive when it comes to our future. While you may not be able to control what happens in Washington,...

There is a choice

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There is a choice - An editorial in my local newspaper, the Minneapolis' StarTribune, "bubbling me. You see, a man was mourning not only the death of his beloved 94-year-old aunt, but also that there was nothing more his very hard earned $ 250,000 in savings to bequeath. He was...

Awareness-life of breast cancer Insurance style!

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Awareness-life of breast cancer Insurance style! - Have you noticed the pink ribbon everywhere this month? Or holding pink athletes around the nation are door? It is to support awareness of breast cancer. I think it's a great time to also spread the attention on progress in...

Take 'Em or pay the price

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Take 'Em or pay the price - Ashlea Ebeling Forbes wrote an article that over half the people who are required by law to take money from their accounts individual retirement (IRA) at year-end failed to do so from the beginning of this month, according to a recent survey by Fidelity...

It's time to submit your own realLIFEstory

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It's time to submit your own realLIFEstory - One of the best things that the Foundation is Life offers its realLIFEstories. These are not advertisements; do not use actors pretend to be someone else. Instead, realLIFEstories tell the moving stories of how people's lives-and the lives of their families...

We will get rid of our debt Together!

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We will get rid of our debt Together! - "Let us pay down $ 10 million debt-together." That's the idea kind of the LIFE Foundation is excited to get behind. And that's why we help to sponsor the Movement of debt, the brainchild of Jeff Rose GoodFinancialCents, creating a community...

What is your IQ insurance?

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What is your IQ insurance? - What is your "Insurance IQ"? If you're like most, you probably do not know much about the insurance you want. According to the study of the Insurance Barometer 2012, 45% of consumers rated "knowledge" either the first or second most important factor...