06/09/2026
Life insurance is one of the few financial decisions families make and then almost never look at again. It sits in a drawer. The kids grow up. The mortgage changes. A job changes. A marriage starts or ends. Beneficiaries shift. And the policy stays exactly the same.
If there is anyone in your life who depends on you financially, three questions are worth asking right now, not someday:
1. Is the amount still right?
A lot of families bought a policy when the kids were in diapers and a 30-year mortgage was brand new. Today, the kids are older, the financial picture has changed, the income to replace is higher (or lower), and the time horizon has shifted. The right amount today is almost never the same as it was 10 years ago.
2. Is the type still right?
Term, whole life, universal life, each has a job. Term covers a specific window of risk (your working years, the mortgage, the kids' dependent years). Permanent coverage has a different role. The mix that made sense at 32 is rarely the mix that makes sense at 47.
3. Are the beneficiaries actually right?
This is the one we see clients fix most often during a review. An ex-spouse still listed as primary beneficiary. A parent named when the kids weren't born yet. A trust that no longer exists. The beneficiary form, NOT the will, controls who actually gets the proceeds.
A life insurance review doesn't take long. It's a 20-minute conversation that often produces meaningful changes. If you can't remember the last time anyone walked through your policy with you, that's the sign.
Not just insured. Truly protected.