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| Newport News | | Healthy people have the best | | Equity: The money value of an |
| Amarillo | | mortality risks and thus are much | | insurance company that is over and |
| Richmond | | cheaper for companies to insure. This | | above its liabilities. Liabilities include |
| Lancaster | | translates into lower rates for the | | almost all of its reserves. |
| Nashua | | Super Preferred customer than | | |
| Tuscaloosa | | someone with higher risk factors such | | Appraisal: An evaluation of property |
| Toledo | | as a heart condition, cancer or | | made to ascertain either the |
| Anderson | | diabetes. Conversely, if you were | | appropriate amount of insurance to |
| Cypress | | unhealthy when you acquired your | | be written or the amount of loss to be |
| Bethlehem | | policy, and your health has now | | paid. |
| Huntington | | improved, it might be time to shop for | | |
| Pittsburgh | | a new policy, as your rates are likely | | Absolute Assignment: Assignment by |
| Cypress | | to be lower. | | a policy owner of all control of and |
| Conroe | | | | rights in the policy to a third party. |
| Woodbridge | | Everyone has different needs, and | | |
| Columbus | | not one size fits all when it comes to | | Tabular Plan: A retrospective rating |
| Woodbridge | | term life insurance. While it may make | | plan, which uses tables to furnish the |
| Virginia Beach | | sense for people in their 30s and 40s | | various values for the rating formula. |
| Inglewood | | to secure a 20-year term length, a | | |
| Gulfport | | 10-year term might be more | | Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL): A |
| Davenport | | appropriate for someone nearing | | testing laboratory for manufactured |
| Panama City | | retirement. | | items to determine their safety |
| Lorain | | | | propensities. |
| Harlingen | | Life insurance, specifically Term Life, | | |
| Frederick | | is arguably one of the best values in | | Effective Date: The date on which the |
| Ventura | | the entire financial services arena. | | protection of an insurance policy or |
| Arlington | | Where else can you go and get | | bond goes into effect. |
| Phoenix | | hundreds of thousands of dollars in | | |
| Oakland | | protection for literally pennies per | | Claim Expense: The expense of |
| Decatur | | day? Rates for Term Life insurance | | adjusting a claim, such as |
| Inglewood | | remain at all-time lows, and now is the | | investigation and attorneys' fees. It |
| Pembroke Pines | | time to lock in the best prices. | | does not include the cost of the claim |
| Decatur | | | | itself. |
| Greeley | | While some companies raise their | | |
| Dallas | | prices based on your actual age, | | |
| St. Louis | | most companies increase the price of | | |
| Downey | | their policies six months before your | | |
| Irving | | birthday. Its a term called Age | | |
| Boynton Beach | | Nearest in the industry, and that | | |
| Denton | | half-year price increase could really | | |
| Fayetteville | | add up over a 20-year term policy. As | | |
| Minneapolis | | above, the quicker you purchase your | | |
| Dubuque | | policy the better. | | |