7 Steps to Financial Security

7 Steps to Financial Security

Step One – Inspect What You Expect: Track Earnings and Expenditures

Keeping a close eye on your financial portfolio means no surprises when it comes to how your money is doing.

Periodic “inspections” of your financial condition allow you to better manage your financial affairs. The power of the internet is now a valuable tool to monitor your personal finances online.

I always encourage my clients to have a yearly “inspection” of all of their insurance policies. This is one of the many “no fee” services that I do for my clients. Since this is time consuming and most of my work now is done via the Internet and online, I can’t always do this. Clients should never worry about having someone look at their policies and at minimum they themselves need to do so and then call their agent with any questions or concerns. People may think that if they reveal what they have they might be sold more, or something. But they need to be assured that this is not the case. When I’ve looked at policies I was able to save my clients (and many who weren’t my clients) a lot of hassles and headaches in the future. Beneficiaries had changes, addresses were incorrect, etc. Always look at your paperwork at least yearly and if you can have the trained eye of someone in the industry, by all means, do so. It’s like getting a physical from a doctor. Your insurance professional is just that; a professional. Use him or her.

This is part 1 of a 7 part series at http://tlsinsuranceagent.blogspot.com. You will soon be able to subscribe to this blog at Amazon. The site is meant for both insurance agents and clients offering information, news and (my) views in a transparent manner.

 

 

I found out something about healthcare.gov today; seems like things always change there. As most insurance agents know, Obamacare does not cover dental for the parents; only the children. Parents have to purchase a dental policy for themselves. Here's what I found out; there are dental policies available on healthcare.gov! But you have to purchase them at the time you are purchasing your healthcare plan. Looking into this, the policies might be just fine, but they are more expensive and your agent can typically do better. And the big thing is, when you have questions who are you going to call? Healthcare.gov, some company "out there"? Or you agent. Hmmmm, for me it's pretty much a no brainer. As an agent I've spent too much time online and on the phone with that. Why would I want my clients to have to do that? 

 

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