When I joined the Life Insurance industry back in 1999, I was a young, ambitious, and impressionable advisor. I got coached by an old-school advisor who taught me to use some pretty dramatic analogies and metaphors when selling Life Insurance. Some of these included positioning Life Insurance as a lifeboat or the spare wheel that saved the day when you…
When you’d like to pass down money to your heirs, saving your life’s earnings into a fixed deposit account or investment portfolio is a common option. You depend on estimated interest rate fluctuations or returns from your investment portfolio to determine your growth. And you have the added benefit of being able to draw out the funds should there be an emergency. But what would happen when the…
Hearing a statement like this may scare most people. No, I’m not referring to being audited by tax authorities. You don’t have to pay fines or dues- at least not in the traditional sense. But what you don’t know can hurt you. What am I referring to? When I talk about having been audited lately, I’m referring to how the average man, people like you and me, goes about fulfilling our financial needs. How…
If you are of Arab or Islamic origin, legacy planning can become tricky when you are also required to follow the Shariah law. As the creator of impressive wealth accumulated over the years, how would you distribute those assets among the beneficiaries of your choice? If you’d like for one of your heirs to receive more than the other, for whatever reason, while ensuring that the rest of your assets are…
As a life insurance advisor and someone who’s gone from being obese to being a triathlete, you can be sure that there are two things that make me happy. The first one being when my clients make financial gains and the second being when they level up in their health and fitness. It’s a bonus to see both of these…
Life Insurance can quickly become a bottom-priority when listed against current, essential living expenses. But what if I told you there was a way to make your Life Insurance policy more affordable?