Archive for March, 2010

Long Term Life Insurance can be expensive

Insure yourself for the next 40 years, an dyou will find that you have invested almost half of the income of the next 10 years in it. Well, if your income is higher than that, you can certainly can go for a long term insurance plan. But usually if people are of higher income groups, they wouldn’t want to insure themselves in a policy that would return a lower value if they pass away. so effectively, you would have to invest 100% of your income for the next 5 years to get what you are worth. It is always advisable to go for shorter terms, as it would help you pay the premiums with ease.

Human Life comes with no guarentees

Most of the products available in the market comes with a warranty. Even pets come with a warranty. Only human lives don’t come with a warranty. Parents do their best to give kids a good education and prepare them for the world, but thats about all that they get once they are old enough to take care of themselves.

A fall from the stairs can cripple a human for life. Trip over a stone and there could be permanant brain injury. Human lives come with absolutely no guarentee. And if you are disabled, you stop earning, and if you don’t earn you don’t eat.

Luckily, there are disability insurance plans that are available to choose from. If you work in a high risk environment such as a factory or a construction site, you will definitely need it.

Shopping has been redefined too

Before plastic money came around, people had to go to a shop keeper’s place, pay them paper money, and bring back the stuff they wanted. Now, plastic money can be used on the internet as well. It is not very hard to open a browser window and visit a shopping site or a shopping index site to search for Best Buy available online. Pick the product, buy, pay and the package is delivered to your home in days, or in hours if you are in the same locality.

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