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	<description>AccuQuote blog is brought to you by AccuQuote.com, a leading provider in term life insurance for people across the U.S.  This blog is dedicated to providing you with valuable information from experts on the topics of insurance, financial planning and personal finance.</description>
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		<title>Double your coverage with no exam!</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/10/26/double-your-coverage-with-no-exam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you need to double your existing life insurance coverage, now is the time. American General Life Insurance Company (AIG) is offering a limited-time opportunity for you to increase the life insurance coverage you already have with them. And guess what? There are no exams, no labs and minimal paperwork!
Why would you need to increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am a life insurance policy</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/10/19/i-am-a-life-insurance-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/10/19/i-am-a-life-insurance-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a great description that explains why we’re passionate about being in the business of selling permanent and term life insurance. Although the original author is unknown, Marvin H. Feldman, CLU, ChFC, RFC®, did an excellent job of revising some of the wording to make it more appropriate for today.
Read an excerpt from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some life insurers and other insurers affected by recent financial ratings</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/10/01/some-life-insurers-and-other-insurers-affected-by-recent-financial-ratings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before buying term life insurance or any other type of insurance policy, it’s important to be aware of the company’s financial strength. By understanding your insurance carrier’s financial state, you can determine if the company will have the financial ability to pay-out when you or a beneficiary files a claim.
According to Insurance Networking News, eight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You never know…</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/07/06/you-never-know%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/07/06/you-never-know%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve always understood the importance of life insurance, which is why it’s not only my job, but my passion to make sure the ones you love are taken care of after you are no longer around.
The recent deaths of iconic names, Michael Jackson, Billy Mays, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon, have made me realize lately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Return of Premium Term Life Insurance Dead?</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/15/is-return-of-premium-term-life-insurance-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time since 1994, term life insurance rates are beginning to increase about 10-15% and we expect this trend to continue.  In addition, a popular term product known as return of premium may be disappearing. As you may recall, ROP products address many disadvantages of traditional term policies. They are a bit more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return of Premium Term Life Insurance Prices Dramatically Increase</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/05/return-of-premium-term-life-insurance-prices-dramatically-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/05/return-of-premium-term-life-insurance-prices-dramatically-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the recent price increases we&#8217;ve seen in the term life insurance marketplace, we&#8217;ve seen return of premium term life insurance policies increase nearly 50% in some cases. They are borderline unattractive to consumers, but yet they are still cheaper than universal life.  Return of premium policies are the type of policies that offer all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Riches to Rags…</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/04/from-riches-to-rags%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/04/from-riches-to-rags%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article in an industry magazine called Insurancenewsnet.  It talks about lessons learned from famous estate planning failures. There were some interesting cases that they made about famous people that didn&#8217;t have the right estate planning needs before they died.  A common theme that was missing in each of their estate plans was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More life insurers increase rates….</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/02/more-life-insurers-increase-rates%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/02/more-life-insurers-increase-rates%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AccuQuote News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I told you that life insurance rates were rising. Well last week a total of 5 of the top insurance companies have raised their term life rates on average 5-15% since the beginning of 2009. You can still find discount term life insurance, but it&#8217;s becoming harder and harder.
The insurance companies that raised rates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life insurers seen fit to survive crisis (WSJ)</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/01/life-insurers-seen-fit-to-survive-crisis-wsj/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/06/01/life-insurers-seen-fit-to-survive-crisis-wsj/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AccuQuote News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.accuquote.com/?p=1170466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even if markets turn sour again, life insurers and reinsurers are considered to be fit enough to weather the financial and economic crisis because of their solid balance sheets, industry experts said last week.  According to a story in the Wall Street Journal, rating agency Moody&#8217;s issued an optimistic note on the sector, saying its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Insurance Rates Rising</title>
		<link>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/05/19/life-insurance-rates-rising/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.accuquote.com/2009/05/19/life-insurance-rates-rising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Byron Udell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AccuQuote News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I told you that life insurance rates were on the rise. In fact, Transamerica, Prudential and ING raised rates.  Well, last week, we were just informed that West Coast Life is also raising rates. If you are shopping for term life insurance, it bears repeating:  Now is the time to buy.



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