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Should my estate plan include an advance directive?
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Should homeowners consider life insurance?
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How can life insurance help when markets are volatile?
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Which Is Better, Term or Whole Life Insurance?
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What Are Living Benefits on a Life Insurance Policy?
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What Are Life Insurance Policy Riders?
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What Is a Life Insurance Beneficiary?

A life insurance beneficiary is someone who receives the death benefit when you pass. Learn more about your life insurance beneficiary options from Farmers.
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What Factors Drive Life Insurance Calculations?

Life insurance calculations depend on your income, family size and total financial picture. Learn how you can determine the amount of coverage you want.
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Where Should I Buy Life Insurance?
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One Grandfather Drove a Hearse. The Other Never Talked About Dying. This is What They Taught Us About Death and Grief
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Trapped by $87,000 in Student Debt and a Career He Didn't Love, This Gig Economy Entrepreneur Side Hustled His Way to Financial Independence
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Their Home Sweet (First) Home Was Nothing Like They Imagined
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Our Home Was Ready When Covid-19 Hit Because We Designed It to Accommodate the Unexpected
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A Home Addition Can Mean Extra Income, More Room for Family — Or Even a Dream Home
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Confessions of an Estate Planner: Why We Delayed Naming a Guardian and Making a Will

Kim Decker’s job is to help others make the tough decisions about what will happen to their children, their assets and their own care. She also knows firsthand how hard those conversations are.
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She Had Three Months to Live, So She Planned a Party
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When You Travel for a Living, Stolen Laptops, Lost Passports and Dicey Hotels are Part of the Job
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It’s A Wedding. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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He Popped the Question, Then Dropped Her Engagement Ring in a River
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She Inherited a Curious Collection From a Beloved Aunt. Now What?
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Rickie Fowler Learns the Hard Way, and It's Paying Off
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What Should I Know Before Buying Life Insurance?
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Can I Use Life Insurance to Help Provide Financial Support My Special Needs Child?

A Farmers' agent explains how life insurance and trusts can help parents meet the long-term financial commitments for children with special needs.
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How Two Financial Planners (with 6 Kids Between Them) Are Saving for College

Experts who know a thing or two about money, saving, and changing diapers weigh in on things to consider when saving for a child’s college education.