2017

While you've taken some great steps toward securing your family financially by getting a life insurance policy, it is not something you should just purchase and forget about. It's worth periodically reviewing the policy to make sure that it is still meeting the needs for financial obligations down the road. Here are two things you should review. Make Sure You Have Enough Coverage The life insurance policy that you purchased a while back may have been fine for your what you needed at the time, but things most likely have changed.

If you are shopping for home insurance and you have a bad credit score, you may be fearful of receiving high quotes. It's true that many home insurers take your credit into consideration when calculating rates. However, it's also true that you can take measures to mitigate the effect of bad credit on your rates. Here are some of those measures: Identify the Insurers That Don't Use It Some, but not all carriers use credit scores as a factor in rate determination; some states don't even allow it.