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Think about the last time you went to the emergency room. You filled out paperwork for each health-care provider (physician, anesthesiologist, etc.), and your insurance company dealt directly with ...

A life insurance policy may be used as collateral to secure a loan. If you die before the loan is repaid, the lender will be repaid from the policy’s death benefit proceeds before beneficiaries can ...