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You don’t need insurance if you’re retired (generally speaking). If you’re retired and your children are taken care of, you’ve paid off major debts and you have sufficient savings for retirement you should be fine. If you’ve planned your finances well, life insurance won’t be necessary.  

If you’re young, single and debt free, you probably don’t need insurance either. If you have no dependents, no debt and no plans to start a family or incur serious risk, you probably don’t need it.  

However, if you aspire towards home ownership or starting a family, having a preliminary conversation might make sense. In certain cases, disability insurance and critical illness insurance should be considered, but might not always be a good fit.  

Critical illness is a one-time payment from the insurance company if you were diagnosed with a medical condition that was specified in the policy.  

Disability insurance is income replacement in case of a diagnosis that prevents you from working.  

We will work with you to outline what is covered in these policies. Just as importantly, we’ll cover what isn’t.  

If you have loved ones that are dependent on your income, it is usually best practice to have insurance coverage. In any financial plan, having the ability to reduce downside risk in case of an emergency is a necessity. Life and living benefits insurance can fulfill that role.

If you do not have dependents or if you have adequate coverage, it might not make sense to buy a policy. Our role is to work with you to determine what risks might exist and present options to you based on your financial situation. That does not always mean we will propose a new policy.

The sooner you get insurance, the cheaper it usually is. It is less expensive for an insurance company to insure a young, healthy person that it would be to insure an older person with a preexisting condition. Getting an insurance policy sooner to cover existing risk can be a risk reduction strategy in and of itself.  

Having group coverage for life insurance, final expense and critical illness are great perks that some employers provide. However, these perks are not necessarily tailored to your needs. If you have $100,000 term coverage but the remaining amount on your mortgage is $460,000, then that coverage isn’t comprehensive. Our goal is to provide insights into potential gaps and pitfalls while we assess not only your existing life policies, but also what your employer provides. Keep in mind that if you lose your job, you lose that coverage. We can work with you to ensure continuity.