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Don't Change Your Life Insurance Policy Until You Read This

By , About.com GuideApril 28, 2006

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As we all know, there are a lot of people out there that pretend like they have your best interests in mind but they are really just looking to line their own pockets. This goes for life insurance agents too. So far in my career, I have only worked and done business with trustworthy insurance agents, but we all know, as with every occupation, there are the ones who take advantage of our lack of knowledge.

If you are approached by a life insurance agent and asked to consider canceling your current life insurance policy in order to purchase a replacement policy there are a few things you should know first.

What agents typically do in a change like this is take the cash value of the current life policy and use that to buy more insurance or obtain a new policy. Sometimes the decision to replace an existing life insurance policy may be a good one, but not in every case. There are warning signs and considerations that you should learn first before changing your life insurance policy.

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