There are certain aspects of owning a cash value life insurance policy that are pretty similar to the alternatives. Like all savings plans, there is a degree of management that must take place. Part of the responsibility falls upon you, the policy owner and a part of the responsibility falls squarely on the shoulders of […]

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Preface: this post and podcast episode is focused mainly toward our fellow agents, however, there are some nuggets in here for everyone. Have you ever been one of those people that spends an agonizingly long amount of time thinking things over, looking for ways to talk yourself out of taking action? Whether it is was an […]

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Why don't life insurance companies do a better job of marketing the many benefits of using their cash value life insurance policies?  They talk a lot about death benefit, not so much about anything else. The truth is that most advertising and/or marketing that's done by large life insurers is more focused on brand recognition […]

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Lately we've been asking ourselves if given all the difference in policy features from company to company and policy to policy is it fair to spreadsheet to cash value life insurance? And what is spreadsheeting anyway? We should probably explain what we mean by that. It's the process by which we take all the data […]

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Why do otherwise intelligent financial advisors and agents do dumb things?  Not sure if we really know the answer to that one but we're taking a stab at it today. Contrary to what many in the media will say, we don't really believe that most of the bad things that are done by advisors are […]

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Today we are going to get into a bit more detail as to why the proper design of a cash value life insurance policy is so crucial.  And we are going to give you some examples that there are numerous ways to design life insurance. If everyone would just listen to us, they'd have more […]

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There are many times in our experience in the life insurance and financial services industry where people do all or a majority of their planning with this idea that things will be different 10 years from now. More to the point–my financial picture will look much different than it does today. In other words, that […]

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Well, better late than never I guess.  Sunday is the new Thursday anyway…right? It would seem  that once again it pays quite well to be in the life insurance industry.  Earnings for the industry have been steadily climbing upward for the last two years. The Numbers Now, for those of you who are not yet […]

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Today's Financial Pro Cast discusses the logistics of a one stop all knowing advisor who can handle all aspects of your financial lives. Additional Post will go live tomorrow. Today's Financial Pro Cast discusses the logistics of a one stop all knowing advisor who can handle all aspects of your financial lives. Additional Post will […]

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Today we discuss 2013 annuity sales results. There were a few surprises out of this data, and some interesting observations when compared to last year. Jackson National Life Takes Top Spot Jackson National Life tops the list for 2013 for total annuity sales combining both variable and fixed product lines. They did not top the […]

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