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What Companies Should Know Before Offering Employee Life Insurance

Pacific Prime

Companies offering employee life insurance as part of their employee benefits package is an excellent talent retention strategy. A life insurance policy will help protect the employees’ dependents from financial pressure when meeting outgoing expenses in the event of the former’s untimely passing.

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What Workers Need to Know About Group Life Insurance

InterWest Insurance Services

Voluntary group life insurance is offered to employees as an optional benefit, and often employers will pay the small premium as an employee retention tool and to provide workers some peace of mind for their families. Internal Revenue Code Section 79 governs the taxation of this employer-provided life insurance.

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The pros and cons of term life insurance vs. permanent life insurance

Higginbotham

One of the first and most important responsibilities embraced by every breadwinner is life insurance. Should they lose your support, life insurance will immediately pay your beneficiary the cash value of the life insurance policy, with no taxes owed, providing a lifeline to resolve debts and pay living expenses.

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Understanding endowment life insurance

Higginbotham

If you need life insurance but you’re unhappy with term and permanent options, you may want to consider endowment life insurance. This unique policy type can provide the protection of life insurance but also pulls double duty as a savings tool. How do endowment life insurance policies work?

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How to Effectively Communicate Life Insurance Benefits to Your Employees

Winston Benefits

Life insurance can protect an employee and their family long-term. Yet, many Americans still don’t have vital coverage, with 52% citing cost as the reason for delaying getting life insurance.

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Life insurance for parents: Everything you need to know

Higginbotham

While it’s impossible to predict the future, securing life insurance can help provide for your children’s needs in case you’re not there as they grow up. How much life insurance do parents need? Expenses may include funeral costs, groceries, utilities, insurance, mortgage and educational costs.

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Navigating business risks with corporate-owned life insurance

Higginbotham

One strategic solution that has gained prominence among businesses is corporate-owned life insurance (COLI). What is corporate-owned life insurance? Corporate-owned life insurance is a type of life insurance in which the company itself takes out a policy on the lives of its employees.