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Scott Storick, RFC®

Why Self-Employed Professionals Need a Different Life Insurance Strategy

The process of purchasing life insurance is different from what an individual who works as a business owner could experience.

As opposed to other employed individuals, the business owner and the self-employed may not get employee benefits such as disability coverage, pension plans, or any type of financial support from their companies.

In this situation, therefore, the business being able to make income is everything. For this reason, a life insurance policy should be considered.

Should an eventuality occur, then the effects would affect one's personal life as well as business operations. The bills, mortgages, debts, and even overheads would still need to be paid irrespective of income generation being affected.

Business owners today should therefore seeking:

-Life insurnce policies with living benefits.

-Income protection strategies.

-No examination life insurance coverage.

-A strategy for continuity of business.

-Long term protection financial strategies

Modern day life insurance plans may have riders that allow access to a portion of the death benefit due to a qualifying event. 

An error that business owners could make isto wait until the last minute before obtaining insurance coverage. Age, health-related issues, can be factors that influence your eligibility and premium prices.

The sooner you consider your insurance coverage, the better.

Living benefits are provided by riders, which are supplemental benefits that can be added to a life insurance policy and are not suitable unless you also have a need for life insurance.  Riders are optional, may require additional premium and may not be available in all states or on all products.  This is not a solicitation of any specific insurance policy.