Life Changes & Updates
Marriage, divorce, children, retirement: updating coverage and beneficiaries, and term conversions.
Life Insurance After Marriage: What to Review and Update
A newlywed's checklist for life insurance: reassess needs for both spouses, update every beneficiary form, and use workplace deadlines and policy riders.
Read · 6 min read →Life Changes & UpdatesLife Insurance After Divorce: Beneficiaries, Owners and Orders
How to review life insurance during and after a divorce, from beneficiary forms and policy ownership to court-ordered coverage and children as beneficiaries.
Read · 6 min read →Life Changes & UpdatesNew Baby or Adoption: How to Update Your Life Insurance
What new parents should review after a birth or adoption: sizing the new need, insuring both parents, naming beneficiaries for a minor and child riders.
Read · 6 min read →Life Changes & UpdatesApproaching Retirement: Keep, Reduce or Drop Your Life Insurance?
How to decide what to do with life insurance as retirement nears, including workplace coverage, pension survivor choices, surrender costs and sales pressure.
Read · 6 min read →Life Changes & UpdatesConverting Term Life to Permanent: How the Option Works
How a term policy's conversion option works, why the deadline matters, what it costs, and the questions to ask your insurer before you convert.
Read · 5 min read →Life Changes & UpdatesWhen Your Term Policy Is Ending: Your Options, Step by Step
Your term life policy is nearing its end date. Here's how to compare letting it end, renewing, converting or applying for new coverage.
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