For many of our policyholders, whole life insurance is at the heart of their financial strategy, providing not only for your family left behind, but the flexibility to meet a variety of financial needs throughout their lives. When you decide to make whole life insurance part of your overall financial strategy, you are helping to protect your family...

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Every September, the non-profit LIFE Foundation is joined by over 100 of the nation's leading insurance companies to promote greater understanding of the important role life insurance plays in peoples' lives. About Life Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM) Life Insurance Awareness Month was created by the LIFE Foundation in 2004 in response to growin...

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Teaching kids how to be right on the money with saving, earning, budgeting and charitable giving doesn't have to be a chore. With the right tools, your child can learn and have fun in the process. Start with the basics You've undoubtedly heard your child saying, "I want that!" Typically, this isn't the time or place to explain the basics of mo...

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I've talked to you before about the impact on your financial picture if you are not prepared, but what about the impact that reaches beyond the finances. Think back again to the four parts of your life: self, family, community and career.  If you were to become disabled, are you willing to give any of these up?  What would this do to...

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Is there such a thing as "guaranteed" retirement income. If the market has taught us anything in the past few years, it has taught us that "guarantees" are difficult to come by. However, if you ask the right questions, pick the right company, and remain diligent in your efforts you can come as close as is humanly possible to assure yourself of a co...

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