Whole life insurance is not a freelancer's first move. Here is the income shape it actually fits, how cash value builds, and what has to come first.
Written by Peter Guggisberg, Financial Services Representative with Vermont Financial Group of NY (a MassMutual general agency) and the advisor behind Noah's Ark Financial.
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Most young Hudson Valley families do not need whole life insurance, term and a funded retirement account do the job. But there is a specific household shape where whole life starts to earn its place, usually after the 401k and IRA are already maxed. Here is how to tell if that is you, and when term is still the honest answer.
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