by: Michael Challiner
The advent of the internet has opened up the possibility of cheaper life insurance for all.
In years gone by, if you were considering life insurance you would probably have invited an insurance salesman from your favourite insurance company to meet you or alternatively gone to your local insurance broker. But rarely would you have been courageous enough to get competitive quotations. It just wasn?t done. You trusted the salesman to do the best for you and surely you thought, life insurance is somewhat technical and requires specialised knowledge. All very cosy. All very expensive. How life has changed!
People now realise that life insurance is not that complicated. If on a scale of 1 to 10, buying car insurance online rates 9, life insurance must be a 7 or 8. This has opened up the Internet as a prime arena for cut-price life insurance. That?s not to imply that life policies bought on the Internet are in any way substandard. No, you?re most likely to end up with a policy from one of the UK?s big insurers like Norwich Union or Legal & General and they?ll be exactly the same policies as you could buy anywhere else. It?s just that the intense competition on the internet and efficiency and simplicity of the system, means that most online brokers decide to cut the commission and roll back the savings into lower prices.
Ah yes I hear you saying, 7 or 8 implies that life insurance is more complicated than car insurance. Yes it is - but that doesn?t mean that it represents a problem. The companies selling life insurance online recognise that many clients feel that some level of personal advice is useful and indeed, necessary. They accommodate this with a mix of useful information on the web site and more often than not, with a short telephone conversation with a life insurance adviser prior to you buying. This provides reassurance and helps to ensure you really do get the policy options you need all at rock bottom prices.
Buying online certainly is a good idea.
About The Author
Michael Challiner has 15 years experience in financial services marketing at senior level, the last 5 of which specialised in online marketing. Michael now works as the editor of http://www.express-life-insurance.co.uk Express Life Insurance on behalf of Andromeda Webs.
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Life Insurance - Who Needs It
Life Insurance - Who Needs It
by: Neil Mercer
Why Do You need Life Insurance Cover?
Who needs it?
Life Insurance cover provides either a lump sum or an income on the untimely death of an individual. Therefore, anyone who's death would create a financial loss to another has a need for life insurance cover. This could/should include the following: -
Parties to a Mortgage or indeed a loan (mortgage life insurance cover)
Anyone with dependents (whilst a parent may not work, surely there would be a financial loss if anything were to happen whilst there are young children to be cared for)
Key Individuals. Where a business would suffer financial loss on the death of an essential employee.
In essence any situation where monetary loss would be incurred could possibly have a need for life insurance cover.
630,000 people in the UK will die this year* *source:National Statistics, Winter 2002
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Basics of Hospital Expense Insurance
Basics of Hospital Expense Insurance
by: Jakob Jelling
Hospital expense insurance covers the expenses incurred on a patient?s hospital stay, provided he/she already has a subscription in this regard.
Nobody has ever lived a life time without a bout of illness and a subsequent hospital stay. This is something inevitable as no one is perfectly immune to diseases. And every hospital stay one has brings with the discharge order a mind boggling bill - the psychological effect of which is more than enough to send back the fitness-regained patient for another few days for treatment in the same hospital. When it comes to health related issues, no one could keep a check on the cash flow. After all, in such circumstances, it is the question of life and health that supersedes the financial issue. But with hospital expense insurance, one could reclaim the money spent by producing all the relevant certificates and bill.
Hospital expense insurance...
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The Life Insurance Policy and What You Need to Know Before You Buy
The Life Insurance Policy and What You Need to Know Before You Buy
by: Don Adams
Are you looking to buy a life insurance policy?
Well, be careful. Life insurance can be difficult to understand and it's easy to be conned into buying something under false pretenses.
Recently a prominent life insurance company together with several of its agents paid a huge fine because it permitted the sale of a life insurance policy disguised as a retirement plan.
There was little attention given to what a life insurance policy is truly designed to provide.
Life insurance is not an investment for your benefit.
It's guaranteed income tax-free cash paid to someone you designate in the event of your death.
If you deeply care for someone and want to protect them, then buying a life insurance policy makes sense.
As primary bread winner in your family, your lost income could jeopardize the ability of those you love to...
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Rejected Hurricane Insurance Claims ? Hurricane Katrina & Rita
Rejected Hurricane Insurance Claims ? Hurricane Katrina & Rita
by: T.Going
The catastrophic damage caused by hurricanes Rita and Katrina have combined to be the costliest disasters in the history of the United States.
They have completely destroyed costal towns and cities and virtually destroyed the lives of millions of Americans.
The estimated damage to the battered Gulf Coast has already been estimated at billions of dollars.
Hurricane Katrina alone has already proved to be the deadliest and most costly natural disaster to ever hit American soil.
To make matters worse, many Americans have hoped that their insurance would provide a way to rebuild and start over.
Many of the homes destroyed by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina were ruined by deep water flooding which caused irreversible structural damage.
Many people would assume that flooding caused by hurricanes would be something that insurance would...
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Why You Should Consider Pet Insurance For Your Family Pet
Why You Should Consider Pet Insurance For Your Family Pet
by: Joseph Kenny
If you have ever wonder about the benefits of insuring your family pet, then you may want to consider the following pointers as to why you should consider pet insurance for your family pet:
1 in every 3 family pets will visit a vet this year for treatment
40 percent of all vet fees are caused by ?unforeseen? illnesses or accidents
less than 15 percent of family pets in the UK are covered by pet insurance
the average vet bill for care and attention needed following a road accident involving a cat or dog last year was circa. ?750 - ?1,000
2 out of every 3 pet owners in the UK have admitted to having gone overdrawn at some time during their lives in order to pay for their pet?s vet bills.
All of these are fairly scary statistics.
They?re event more scary when you consider that will a simple family pet insurance policy, paying a minimum...
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Life Insurance - Make Sure Your Family Is Cared For
Life Insurance - Make Sure Your Family Is Cared For
by: Jakob Jelling
No matter who you are or what you do for a living, you should make sure that you have some sort of life insurance policy.
However, this is even more the case if you are one of the only sources of income for your family.
In this case, you should keep in mind that your family will lose your income should you die prematurely - but with life insurance, they will still be taken care of afterward.
These are not situations that anybody likes to think about, of course.
However, it is always best to be prepared for the future.
There are two types of life insurance that can apply to most people.
The two policies are both term life insurance and permanent life insurance.
While ideally, everybody would be able to get permanent life insurance, that might not be the best choice for you due to the price of insurance.
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Tips to Save on Car Insurance
Tips to Save on Car Insurance
by: Pradeep Aggarwal
We all wish to make savings in our life. Cars included. Myriad insurance companies offer varying premium rates depending on their policy coverage. So it is important that you get the best Insurance package for your car.
These tips will help you how to manage your Car Insurance budget within limits.
Making Comparisons: The costs of at least three to six insurance companies will give you a fair idea of the costs involved with different policies. Seek the advise of colleagues, friends, relatives. Besides from costs involved, the track record of the companies matter a lot.
The standing, strength and financial position of the company need to be looked into. Request for higher deductibles - It's the amount one pays prior to making any claim for the accident. The complete coverage and collision is sold along with the deductibles. The more the deductibles the less the premium rate. By increasing...
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