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Self Employed: Life Insurance

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Despite your health condition, you can still buy life insurance.

Life insurance is an excellent source of money for the following purposes:

  • To provide money for your loved ones (either as a lump sum or in payments over time).
  • To pay for a funeral.
  • To pay any debts you may have at the time of your death.
  • To provide you with a source of money while you are still alive. In addition to any features built-in to the policy such as a savings feature known as "cash value," you may be able to sell the policy and get cash now either through a process known as a Viatical Settlement or a Senior Settlement. In case you want to obtain money from a life insurance policy by selling it, it doesn't matter whether the policy is permanent such as Ordinary life, or term (policies that do not have a savings feature). To be salable, any policy you buy should:
    • Be issued by a company with an A or A- rating.
    • State that ownership of the policy can be transferred (is "assignable") - or at least doesn't state that it cannot be transferred.
  • For more information about obtaining money from a life insurance policy, click here

In addition to the normal sources of life insurance, perhaps you can buy it through a group or association of other self employed people. For more information about buying life insurance, click here


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