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Chris’s career in financial services began over 20 years ago as a financial adviser. Focusing on helping small business owners and families to establish and implement retirement saving-distribution, wealth transfer, and asset protection strategies where he won industry and company awards for production and client satisfaction. You can visit my Health Insurance, Medicare & Life Insurance website here at https://www.goidahoinsurance.com/ My Home Insurance Boise Website. My Idaho Workers Compensation Insurance website. Here is my newest insurance website Washington Earthquake & Flood Insurance Areas of specialization include Health, Medicare, Life, Long Term Care, Annuities, Business, Auto & Home Insurance.

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Tips for getting the best term life insurance rates!

Term Life Insurance is by far the least expensive form or type of life insurance that you can currently purchase. Term Life premiums have really come down over the past few years due to a number of reasons that all work for the benefit of the insured.

So how do you buy a term life insurance policy? I'm talking about the absolute best priced, best carrier with the best plan options. The best place to start is definitely with a really good and experienced broker or agent. Brokers are agents but they have access to as many carriers as they want to get appointed with. An agent can be a broker or work for one company specifically, so be careful ask whoever you are working with if they can write with multiple carriers. By doing this you have given yourself and edge and big advantage to locating the best term carrier with the cheapest rates.

Now that you have a good life insurance broker and he has quoted you multiple carriers have him sift through typically the top five for the cheapest rates. Now its time you start asking your broker some questions. Number one which carrier is the strongest financially? This is extremely important you want a carrier that you know will be there when it is time to pay a death claim. Second who has the best underwriting, not all carriers are the same. Just because xyz has the cheapest rates you may never get them because they are so stingy in underwriting. Last but not least the company you choose should have really good permanent life plans that allow you to convert to with no evidence of insurability.

This is very important especially if you have a serious health issue and would be considered no longer insurable or highly rated. Please do your research that the permanent type of plans are very good plans with the best companies that are available.

Those are the big issues to watch out for in your search for the best term life insurance policy for you and your family.

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