Life Insurance
News, insights and expert analysis on life insurance from the team at Kiplinger.
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Six Steps to Simplify Your Estate for Your HeirsA simplified estate strategy will expedite the settlement of your estate after you're gone, lower audit risk, reduce costs and cut your beneficiaries' stress.
By Howard Sharfman
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10 Things You Should Know About Life InsuranceFrom choosing the right policy to understanding qualification criteria, here are 10 key things you need to know about life insurance.
By David Rodeck
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Here's How Estate Planning Can Make Your Retirement EasierThese estate and legacy planning tools and strategies can help lower your taxes, protect your wealth and more, leaving you to relax during your golden years.
By Cliff Ambrose, CTS™, CAS®
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Empowering Widows: Five Goals for Financial Security in 2025Tackling these strategies one at a time, whether it's updating estate planning or reassessing investments, can help put you on track for financial stability.
By Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA®, CES™
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A Strategic Way to Address the Tax-Deferred DisconnectWhat you don't know could cost you a fortune. Here's how to make the most of a tax-deferred retirement account and possibly save your heirs a bunch on taxes.
By Jim E. Sloan, IAR
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To Insure or Not to Insure: Is Life Insurance Necessary?Even if you're young and single with no dependents, you may need some life insurance. Here's how to figure out what and how much you may need.
By Isaac Morris
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How to Shop for Life Insurance in 3 stepsinsurance Shopping for life insurance? You may be able to estimate how much you need online, but that's just the start of your search.
By Kaitlin Pitsker
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Are Democrats or Republicans Better for My Insurance Premiums?Let's compare how these two political parties might affect your insurance premiums now that the 2024 election is over.
By Karl Susman, CPCU, LUTCF, CIC, CSFP, CFS, CPIA, AAI-M, PLCS
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Why Your Life Insurance Should Cover More Than Just Death
If you became ill or an injury left you unable to work, how would you cover your expenses? Life insurance with living benefits could be the answer.
By Stefan Greenberg, CFP®, CFS, CLTC
