life insurance

Covering Your Family’s Needs with Life Insurance

If you haven’t already, set up sometime during your next money date to sit down and make sure you have enough life insurance to cover your family’s needs. It may not be a fun thing to think about but as a couple with kids we knew we needed to review all of our finances this year to make sure […]

Insurance Coverage Families Needs with Matt Becker

With open enrollment season here, it’s a good time to review your benefits at work. One area where you want to pay extra attention to is insurance. Matt Becker, from Mom and Dad Money, is here on the podcast to help me out. He’s walking me through four insurance parents and couples should seriously consider. […]

Finding the Best Insurance Rates as a Couple

Are you two looking to save on your current bills? One area that you may be able to get some significant savings is by comparing insurance quotes. Thanks to the web, it can be done quickly and easily, but before you should have a game plan to maximize your results and find the best insurance […]

Keeping Your Life Insurance Policy Up to Date

I’ll admit that it’s not a pleasant topic to talk about, but getting life insurance coverage is an important one and can offer the two of you some peace of mind should the unfortunate happen. Starting early is a smart way to get your coverage at a lower price as many companies factor in age with […]

How to Choose the Best Life Insurance Company

Not sure if it’s an ego thing (I’m sure why wife would say “yes”), but I like to have the best of the best. I don’t want a good steak, I want the “best” steak when I go out to eat. When I go the movies, I don’t want to see a good movie. Screw […]

Life Insurance for Stay at Home Parents

Earlier this year, I increased my life insurance coverage now that we became parents. I feel better having that safety net for my family. It took some time to get a number that we both felt comfortable with and finding a policy premium that went well with our budget. Getting the right life insurance coverage is personal […]

Increasing Life Insurance – Figuring How Much

Last week we met with our insurance guy to see about getting quotes on life insurance policies. We already have term life insurance to cover the mortgage and a bit extra should either one of us die. Now that we’re parents we’re looking at increasing our coverage to cover some additional expenses. We can’t increase […]

Insurance and Family Changes

Insurance is a given for most people. There’s insurance for our home, cars, health and life among other types. Some need to be adjusted based on changes in your personal status. We’ll take a look at when that typically occurs. Adulthood You know you’re an adult when you have to start buying your own insurance […]