Explores life insurance policies, including employer plans, cash value, and regulatory rules.

How Long To Keep Old Insurance Policies

For most personal and business policies, the practical answer to how long to keep old insurance policies is to retain them for the policy term plus three years, though you...

What Is SILAC Insurance

SILAC Insurance is the legal name of SILAC Insurance Company, a U.S. life and annuity insurer that has been serving savings and retirement needs since 1935. It is not a...

What Is Insurance Twisting

Insurance twisting is the deceptive practice of inducing a policyholder to replace an existing policy with one from a different insurer using misleading, false, or incomplete comparisons of terms, conditions,...

How To Cash Out A Gerber Life Insurance Policy?

To cash out a Gerber Life Insurance policy, you must surrender the policy by calling Gerber Life customer service at 800-704-2180 and requesting the surrender, then completing the paperwork they...

What Are Dividends In Insurance?

Dividends in insurance are a return of surplus paid to owners of participating policies when an insurer's financial experience and surplus exceed what was needed. They are generally not guaranteed...

Why Put Life Insurance In A Trust?

Putting life insurance in a trust is primarily about two things: removing the death benefit from your taxable estate and controlling how your beneficiaries receive the money. A life insurance...

What Does Contingent Mean On A Life Insurance Policy?

In a life insurance policy, a contingent beneficiary is the designated backup recipient of the death benefit, receiving the payout only if the primary beneficiary cannot. Understanding this "if-then" logic...