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What are the Expenses Associated with Buying and Holding an Annuity?

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Keywords: annuities, fees, financial vehicles, insurance companies, mortality and expense fees, fund fees, rider fees,

What is an Income Annuity?

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Keywords: annuity, life insurance, variable annuities, fixed annuities, longevity, insurance companies, joint-life annuities, mortality pool,

What is Underwriting?

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Keywords: insurance, Initial Public Offering (IPO), securitized, investment banks, risk transfer, insurance companies, lending institutions, loan underwriting,

How Do I Know that Life Insurance Companies are Reliable?

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Keywords: insurance, estate planning, Moody's, Fitch, BBB, agent compensation,

What will Long-Term Care Insurance Cover?

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Keywords: medical expenses, insurance companies, long-term care insurance,

What is Whole Life Insurance?

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Keywords: portfolio theories, insurance, estate planning, conservative strategies, universal life,

Is Life Insurance a Good Investment?

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Keywords: insurance, estate planning, alternatives, tax-equivalent yield, tax-deferred investment vehicles,

What is a Mortgage Rate Lock?

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Keywords: appraisal, mortgage loans, real estate closing attorneys, home inspector, lenders, mortgage companies,

What if My Life Insurance Doesn’t Pay the Death Benefit to My Survivors?

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Keywords: insurance, estate planning, contestability period, suicide clause,

What is the “Life with Period Certain” Option?

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Keywords: taxation, annuities, insurance, retirement accounts, years certain, life with cash refund, life with period certain,

What are the Different Types of Annuities?

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Keywords: annuities, insurance, lifetime income, variable annuities, fixed annuities, indexed annuities, period income annuities, SPIA, deferred annuities, joint-life annuities,

What is a Debt Settlement Company?

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Keywords: debt, credit score, credit ratings, credit cards, debt consolidation company, credit cousnelor,

What is an Annuity?

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Keywords: annuities, insurance, life insurance, long term care, lifetime income, financial vehicles, variable annuities, fixed annuities, indexed annuities, period income annuities, hybrid annuities,

What is Universal Life Insurance?

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Keywords: insurance, estate planning, Buy Term and Invest the Difference (BTID), net amount at risk, variable universal life,

What is Bond Insurance?

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Keywords: insurance, default risk, asset-backed securities, corporate bonds, risk free rate, risk premium, treasury bonds, coupon rate, nominal yield, Credit Rating Agencies (CRA), municipal bonds, Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO),

What is the Investment Company Act of 1940?

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Keywords: mutual funds, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Hedge Funds, Investment Company Act of 1940, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), '40 Act Funds,

What is a Limited Liability Company (LLC)?

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Keywords: dividends, liability, Limited Liability Company (LLC), self-employment tax, piercing the veil, partnerships, double-taxation, sole proprietors, corporations,

How Much will Life Insurance Cost Me?

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Keywords: insurance, estate planning, life insurance, cash value life insurance, term life,

What is the “Period Income” Option on Annuities?

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Keywords: taxation, annuities, insurance, retirement accounts, creditor protection, liens, lawsuits,

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