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Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

Whole Life or Term Life Insurance?

Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

Audacy

Investing, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

I'm working with an advisor and she's pushing us to get whole life insurance policies. I was initially thinking we needed term policies so now I'm wondering if this is the right move?

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. It's Thursday, February 2nd, and it is Groundhog's Day.

0:10.2

Mark, would you like to just weigh in on what Groundhog's Day really means since we had to go

0:14.4

research it for the other show? Oh, man, I just closed the tab, but I'll take a I'll take a whack.

0:18.6

I think if it's sunny day and the Groundhog sees its shadow, that means there will be six more weeks

0:23.6

of winch tree weather. There you go. We have not had real winter here in New York. Maybe you've

0:29.2

I was on the air with with the Twin Cities yesterday, Mark, and it was minus when they do the weather.

0:34.4

Oh, it's minus. They don't really seem to react to it. They're pretty amazing. So anyway,

0:39.8

this is not a weather program, but it is the show that takes the mystery out of your financial life.

0:45.2

And if you've got a question, you've got something that's going on, you're concerned. Anything that's

0:50.8

like just, I don't even want to say concerned, but if something's just sort of like sticking in your

0:56.5

head, then we would like you to get it out of your head and bring it to us and to the rest of the

1:01.4

listening audience here because that would really be fantastic because everyone has these questions.

1:08.2

Go to our website, JillOnMoney.com and you click the contact us button. And if you're shy, don't

1:14.1

worry. Just fill out the form and we get your email. And if you'd like to join us on the program,

1:18.8

you just check the little box and we'll get you on the air. But it's really okay. We do email

1:24.1

episodes from time to time. Today is one of those episodes and we are starting with an email from

1:30.3

anonymous anonymous. Okay, the subject line, life insurance term or whole life. Let me answer that

1:37.9

term. Let's move on. I'm just kidding. It's usually term. Anonymous rights. Thanks for the great

1:43.6

show. I'm working with an advisor who gets paid through the through an insurance brokerage firm,

1:49.4

but is a fiduciary. Okay. She's pushing us to get a whole life insurance policy of $500,000

1:56.4

for me plus a million dollars of term life and then a million to have term for my wife. We're both

2:02.0

in good health condition. I'm not comfortable with seven grand of life insurance premiums.

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