The Park Bench
Do you or your husband have life insurance? Did you get it when you got married?
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Dh has a policy from his place of employment & a policy we pay for separately. I only have one through his place of employment. Unfortunately, when we tried to get me a private one, I was turned down b/c of my open-heart surgery, they said I had to wait 5 years before they would consider me no longer a high-risk; & also one of the test showed some high something or other (I forget just now) that could have been caused by certain meds or b/c of being an alcoholic ... they had documentation that I'd been taking the med (for high bp) for several years, but chose to deny me because they chose to think I was an alcoholic (for it to read like it did you would have to be an alcolholic, not just a casual drinker ... & I drink maybe 4-6 drinks a year period!). I will try again for a private policy w/in the next year, before dh retires, but we realize it won't be cheap b/c of my age. Dh says all I need is just enough to cover funeral expensives; we aren't concerned with leaving a bunch of money to our kids ... heck the 4 older ones have higher incomes than we do!!
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We both are insured according to our needs. Work insurance is a "bonus" since a disability, losing the job, and retirement can all affect work benefits. Most people don't realize how much a death can affect a family. For instance, if I were to lose my dh (hope I never do), I would have his final medical, his burial, and our family income would instantly go way down, as dh makes much more than I do. Without enough insurance, I would immediately have to work a lot more instead of continuing or increasing my work in increments and being there for my children while they deal with the loss of their father. Sending them to college, or helping, would be harder. Just keeping our current home would be harder. So we each have enough for the other to transition, and leave enough to help our children with major milestones (like college and marriage).
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Yes we do. We got them after we got married.
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Not married but no I have no life insurance...can't afford it right now.
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Nope..... None here!
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I don't know if we do anymore or not since he retired.
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Hubby and I have private life insurance and he has a policy through his work. We also have policys for our boys who are teens. -
Dealing with State Farm to get myself some Term. Currently only have it on job.
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I don't have any,husband is insured for $700,000. it costs us $120 I think a month because he's a smoker in his 50's. It's a group policy through his employer.
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Yes, we have life insurance. I don't remember exactly when we got it. It seems like we've had it forever; we've been married for 18 years, and I know we've had it the entire time we've been married. We may have gotten it before we got married. I just don't remember. We also have wills and other necessary documents.