Life insurance shopping trends rise and fall with local COVID-19 cases

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A new NerdWallet survey found that Americans gain and lose interest in coverage based on case numbers. This year, there has been a substantial rise in life insurance shopping behaviors among Americans. Many studies indicate that it is a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and people’s increased awareness of their own mortality. The study showed that as coronavirus cases fall in an area, so does interest in this type of policy. The research, conducted by NerdWallet, found that 35 percent of American consumers who had been life insurance shopping during…

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Life insurance companies changing perspective on cancer survivors

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The industry is discovering that the odds for victims of this disease are improving. Cancer survivors are now finding that it is easier than it has ever been to be able to purchase life insurance, when not very long ago it was considered to be nearly out of the question. Medicine has come a long way and is changing the outlook for survivors of this disease and their coverage options. It wasn’t that long ago that a diagnosis of cancer was the same as a death sentence, but that is…

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