Funeral Documents Preplanning your funeral is one of the smartest and kindest things you can do for your family. Rather than force them to make very difficult decisions, and come up with funds to pay for the funeral, you can alleviate many issues by getting your own funeral documents together ahead of time. A funeral… View Article
Life Insurance Death Benefits In the insurance world, the term “death benefits” often refers to the amount of money that is paid out by an insurance company after a life insurance claim is filed by someone. Of course, that insurance claim is only paid out if it’s valid, filed correctly, and the beneficiaries are still… View Article
Life Insurance? No one ever wants to think about when they might die, so the question of, “Should I have life insurance?” often brings up that very point. But anyone who is married or has children should certainly get life insurance to help protect their loved ones financially. A life insurance policy is meant to… View Article
End of Life Planning If you’ve already filled out a living will and made all your end-of-life plans, you should talk to your family so that they are aware of your final wishes. Your family might not bring the issue up, so it’s up to you to take the first step in broaching the subject…. View Article
Why Are We Living Longer? It seems like people are living longer these days, which means one generation is living, on average, longer than previous generations. While some might argue that life expectancy hasn’t changed over the past half-century, it’s hard to argue that there aren’t older adults than there were 50 years ago. The… View Article
Florida Hospice Care Many families are choosing Florida hospice care to help them in the final transition from life to death for one of their loved ones. However, end-of-life decisions are some of the most difficult ones to make for family members that are caring for a terminally ill loved one. That’s why we want… View Article
Life Insurance Importance As we get older, we start thinking about the people around us and those in our family that we want to protect and support. Whether it is planning out our funeral so our family does not have to be burdened mentally or financially during such a difficult time, or understanding how important… View Article
Pre-Planning Benefits There are many benefits to preplanning your funeral, but we specifically want to share some thoughts on how your family members will appreciate your forethought the most. While no one wants to think about their own death, less make plans for what happens after they die, preplanning your funeral is actually a kindness… View Article
Aging Parents Final Wishes Caring for our aging parents is a task many of us are asked to do – and one many of us are happy to do, considering the years they took care of us, from infancy through adolescence. Unfortunately, switching these two roles around is not an easy one for aging parents… View Article
Famous Celebrity Funerals It’s always sad when we hear about a celebrity’s death, watching the news memorialize them makes us think back to how that person — whether they were a musician, actor/actress or something else that made them famous — affected our lives. We think about how their art might have inspired us or… View Article
To Will or Not to Will? Should you get your will done now or is it something you should wait to do until you’re ready? That’s a question people of many different ages ask themselves from their 30s through their 60s, wondering if it really matters that they do it now or later, when they… View Article
Does Life Insurance Pay? One of the most common questions asked by grieving family members after the death of a loved one is “Will life insurance help pay for a funeral?” The short answer is “yes,” but there are definitely some things you have to know. First, a life insurance policy should certainly be able… View Article