Podcast episodes lead to audio / video snippets that can educate and inspire. These are the audio snippets from Life Settlement Specialist, Jamie Mendelsohn. Jamie was featured on our podcast Entrepreneur Perspectives | Episode 022. In every podcast episode, the things our guests say become knowledge for us (you). The audio snippets we share inspired…
Last year Russ Alan Prince wrote an outstanding article for Forbes about the integral role life insurance has within wealth management practices. As he mentions, almost 80% of wealth managers within multi-family offices have turned towards outsourcing life insurance expertise, largely due to the specialized knowledge that this field requires. At the same time, the financial…
There’s more to life insurance than just death benefit. Think living benefits. “Did you knows” exist in many industries. It seems like the insurance industry is full of them. And I understand why. It’s a confusing market. Add to that the fact that many advisors push certain carriers and products. Of course stories develop…
We receive a lot of questions from clients and potential clients about the MIB. Most people know it’s part of the process for determining their insurance rate, but that’s about it. Misunderstandings abound. Let us clear up the picture a bit. The MIB (Medical Information Bureau) was started in the early 1900’s to help life…
We’ve been discussing accelerated underwriting quite a bit within our blog, including our recent post providing a synopsis over what it is and how it works. Yet even with all this discussion, accelerated underwriting is still new to the market and with that, there is still confusion as the carriers launch out their own variations.…
The life insurance approval process has a reputation of being tedious, with some policies taking 70-90 days (or more) to get approved. The requests for medical records can take months to complete. There is a seemingly a never-ending back-and-forth of underwriting questions. As well as completing an application that is up there with the length…
All clients have unique circumstances and needs. This creates confusion during the insurance planning process. Through the many conversations we have had, we have identified 9 common mistakes that business professionals make with the implementation of insurance strategies. 1. Failure to review buy/sell agreements when insurance planning A business owner has done all the planning and completed a…
In our business we hear many stories. Stories about businesses, and stories about families. Often we tell stories. Here are two similar life insurance stories with very different endings. Recently, one of my clients passed away. Since then, I have been assisting the family to file a death claim on a term policy that we…
The market: sometimes it goes up, and sometimes it goes down. No expert or planner can completely predict, or even fully explain, these outcomes, but analysts can increase their chances of success by carefully watching market behavior. Think we are talking about the stock market? Actually, we are talking about life insurance. Yes, life insurance.…
We crown champions in sports when they win their league. Most recently, the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl and the Clemson Tigers won the College Football Championship. In the real world, there are other ways to be a champion. Responsible parents are champions, in our book. Part of being a responsible mother or father is…