Almost 20 years ago, I took out a 20-year term life insurance policy for $500,000 and named my wife as beneficiary. The annual premiums were a couple hundred dollars. The term is up and the new annual ...

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A lawsuit in North Carolina offers an inside look at how life insurance companies determine coverage. A federal lawsuit filed in North Carolina describes a Connecticut man as "uninsurable." The ...

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Permanent life insurance generally provides coverage for your entire life and builds tax-deferred cash value. There are several types of permanent life insurance, including whole life insurance and ...

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A fact of life insurance is that as persons get older, the number of persons who die each year increases, and the cost of providing life insurance must also increase to cover those increased mortality ...