Cashing Out My Life Insurance – The Final Piece

Earlier this year, I decided to cash out my life insurance policy. This is something that takes a bit of time to accomplish. It is not something one should do on a whim, or without a well thought out reason. Today, I am happy to announce that the cash out check has finally arrived. I consider this to be a great success. This process started out with a phone call to the insurance company that I had this particular life insurance policy with. To summarize, I will simply say that it took more than one phone call before I was … Continue reading

What is a Life Insurance Policy Value Letter?

I am nearly finished with the process that one must go through in order to cancel, and cash out, a life insurance policy. After going through all the steps, and filling out the required form, I thought I was done. Then, this unexpected letter arrived from my insurance company. It seems to be a Policy Value letter. I have outlined and described the four steps that I needed to go through in order to get my insurance company to understand that I wanted to cash out my life insurance policy. In short, the first thing I had to do was … Continue reading

Hurricane Sandy Relief Continues to Pour In

Hurricane Sandy happened almost a month ago, but the devastation it left in its path will take a long time to clean up. There are still about 120,000 people without power in New York and New Jersey, but that also includes homes there were too damaged to have power anyhow. If anything good came from this, it is the generosity of Americans. Some physically went to damaged areas while others gave what they could to help the victims. I already wrote about celebrities that gave to Hurricane Sandy relief, but it is worthy to note that Lady Gaga donated $1 … Continue reading

The A B C’s of Finance Part 6

It is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of the alphabet in our quest for financial knowledge. Just a few more letters to go and we will have increased the number of financial terms that we know by twenty six. That’s pretty exciting stuff, and hopefully it is useful stuff too. If you are considering life insurance, you may want to ask your insurance company if they offer universal life insurance, a form of permanent insurance which offers flexible premiums and a flexible death benefit. Universal life insurance also guarantees that your tax-deferred cash value account will … Continue reading