Life insurance is a financial contract between an individual, referred to as the policyholder, and an insurance company. It provides a lump sum payment, known as a death benefit, to the designated ...

Life Happens has a new executive director who wants to bring the organization back to its roots of telling stories about the ways life insurance plays a critical role in protecting Americans’ ...

Life insurance can help financially protect your family from the loss of your income should you pass away. But even if you already have life insurance through your employer (often known as a group ...

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Imagine that you work diligently for years, get married, have a family and buy a home. In the back of your mind, you know you should get insurance to protect the life you’ve built together, but time ...

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State insurance regulators report “progress” getting life insurers to pull back on overly optimistic investment growth projections. Those investments form the reserves that underpin the future ...