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I recently had a conversation with a lady who used Clarifinancial. Since most contact is automated and the quote information you find isn’t even supplied by anyone working for the organizatio... read more...

Little known fact, I love food and cooking. I called my mom the other day about a culinary question – she’s the one who taught me how to cook, even though we don’t have the same s... read more...

Today, I’m off on jury duty. Hopefully, everything will go well and it will only take one day. Although I hope for a short stay, I’m not one of those people who hate the idea of going to jury d... read more...

This is a guest post by Evan author of the Blog My Journey to Millions. Evan is an attorney, admitted to practice in the State of New York and works as a Director of Financial Planning overseeing... read more...

The other day, I spoke with a lady who was using Clarifinancial to find life insurance quotes. She liked the ways we were different, but had a few questions about how it works. I figured if she... read more...

Running a business that operates automatically online, you’d think I wouldn’t talk very often with people who use the site – and you would be right. When the company gets feedback... read more...

Jacob and his site Early Retirement Extreme is different from a lot of what you’ll find out there. At the age of 24, he realized he should start saving his money instead of spending it on things th... read more...

What does conflict of interest have to do with life insurance? A lot. Even if you already know that almost all insurance salespeople make money based on what you buy and that influences their r... read more...

Something I would like to point out is that out of the keywords Clarifinancial ranks well for are “life insurance competition” and “anonymous insurance quote.” While others ... read more...

Getting older doesn’t have to mean passing up your chance to buy life insurance. Some people assume buying life insurance over the age of 50 or even 80 is near impossible or too expensive. Th... read more...

Each Monday gives you the opportunity to do great things. In the search for new inspiration to constantly improve, I like to find interesting people and ask them questions. This week, I caught up w... read more...

Yesterday was the seventh anniversary of me being married to my wife – my partner for life. Seven years ago, my beard was all one color and we said our vows to each other. It felt like it was... read more...

Almost every Monday for the last few months, I posted an interview with an interesting person or financial expert. Click on the tag for “true stories” to see some of the great people I&... read more...

In the world of life insurance quotes, there are only a few ways to get the information you truly want. We’ve covered this a couple times before. Some ways are better than others, but finding... read more...

Forest is an all-around good guy who started a site called Frugal Zeitgeist. We definitely met in the personal finance space, but I have a feeling we could hang out and talk about food, finance, ex... read more...

Sometimes, the best solutions are the ones we don’t know exist. That doesn’t seem like a grand revelation because if we knew it existed, the solution would seem more plain and ordinary.... read more...

I first referred to Jim Yih as a “tidal wave”, and it’s true. This unassuming financial force has slowly been building up in all major forms of media throughout Canada and is bein... read more...

I probably don’t write enough about death. For a site that is all about life insurance and life insurance quotes, I recognize the issue of death is a subtext. The problem is that death ... read more...

Not every Monday is ideal, but every Monday is an opportunity to make things better. Hopefully a fresh perspective rattles your brain enough to see some opportunities you didn’t know you had.... read more...

April has been a great month for Clarifinancial. We keep finding new opportunities, our numbers are constantly growing (and they baffle me sometimes), and we keep learning new information to tweak ... read more...

The thing that gets me about life insurance is that there is an endless number of topics to write about – tax planning, ownership issues, beneficiaries, and so on. But after writing consisten... read more...

One reason I love Mondays is because I start out each week talking to awesome people about their story. It’s also a fresh opportunity to start something great that week. This week, I caug... read more...

In life and life insurance, there are all types of choices. Sometimes, they look the same on the surface, but many times there are important differences. This came up in a conversation with som... read more...

Over on Free From Broke, Craig wrote an expansive article about the different types of life insurance. I’m always on the lookout for fresh content about life insurance on the web, and thi... read more...

I love starting the week off with new motivation and thoughts to prepare me for a week of awesomeness. This week, I was able to ask a real community-builder some questions about finance, life, and ... read more...

Have you ever been panning for gold? I remember when I was in elementary school, we took a trip to an old gold mine. I suppose looking back on it, it was an educational experience, because I’... read more...

I was in Charleston this week, mostly for vacation. You may have noticed or not. Either way, that’s okay. The area my wife and I stay in is sometimes referred to as the French Quarter or ... read more...

This is a guest post by Evan author of the Blog My Journey to Millions. Evan is an attorney, admitted to practice in the State of New York and works as a Director of Financial Planning overseeing... read more...

I love Mondays. Some people hate them because they have to go back to work. I love them because you get a fresh start on work that matters. That’s one reason I started interviewing the great ... read more...

I have a hard time buying jeans. It’s not because I’m an odd size. It’s because I know exactly what I want and finding it can be hard. Okay, call me finicky. Finding choices ... read more...

There’s a difference between high income earners and being truly wealthy. You have reached a noticeable level of wealth when your assets conservatively create the income you need to live. Man... read more...

In March, Clarifinancial’s old articles continue to out-perform the new ones. In some cases by a lot, and in other cases by a little. This makes it harder and harder to pick out the best new ... read more...

I love Mondays because they give me a new opportunity to do the things I need to do. Each one feels fresh and that’s part of the idea behind the running series of Fresh Perspective interviews... read more...

If you have diabetes, you know how it can affect all aspects of your life, including insurance options. But the good news is that for many diabetics, life insurance may not be out of reach. In fact... read more...

The seasons are changing around here. Things are changing. Cherry trees and ornamental pear trees burst into bloom this week while daffodils started to peak their heads out from a winter’s sl... read more...

I love the work that I do, and part of that work is the variety. Fresh Perspectives is an interview series I publish on Mondays that explores a variety of perspectives. This week, I had a conversat... read more...

I was sick yesterday. So far, everything seems fine today. But yesterday, I was struggling through fever, chills, and body aches to write up a storm, make phone calls, and send emails. When my w... read more...

For anyone with a family, or a group of people depending on them for financial support, the purchase of life insurance is a priority. For every family, financial security must be planned for, but m... read more...

Who says writing about life insurance isn’t entertaining? I recently wrote an article about how whole life insurance does not always last your whole life. Then Kyle from Suburban Dollar linke... read more...

Every Monday morning, I help you get a kick start to your week with a fresh perspective. This week, I’m excited to present an interview I did with someone I know better as Wojo. Wojciech ... read more...

Ever go to get your coffee fix and it seems like the quality is sometimes lacking? Maybe it depends on how busy they are or who is behind the counter. I call this “Starlucks” because so... read more...

“Scientific Art of Underwriting” – that was the name of a two-day seminar I attended hosted by the underwriting staff of a major life insurance company. You now have confirmation ... read more...

A real question I am sometimes asked is why Clarifinancial uses a 10 point scale to rank companies on their financial quality. My answer is that a relative rating system is more meaningful to most ... read more...

Something I see people say about life insurance commonly is that “whole life lasts your whole life.” This makes a memorable phrase that is easy to remember and sounds commonsensical, bu... read more...

Each Monday, I post a new interview with someone who is or does something unique (sometimes both). This week, I was able to steal a few minutes of Joel Ohman’s time to talk about his company.... read more...

There are lots of places to get free life insurance quotes these days, but how do you find the one that is right for you? The tricky part of finding the right life insurance quote for you for f... read more...

Why is it so hard to get custom life insurance quotes without a bunch of hassle? I’ve written before about the problems with instant life insurance quotes. But I never addressed the problems ... read more...

I start every Monday with a fresh perspective. It helps kick start my week to awesomeness and I hope it helps you too. This week, I interviewed Elle, the creator of Couple Money, about why she&rsqu... read more...

February was a great month for Clarifinancial. Most notably, our natural searches have started shooting through the roof, accounting for almost half of our total traffic. I consider this to be some... read more...

Some things should never be instant. The idea of instant watermelon sounds good, right? Just add water. But sometimes you loose quality when you make something instant. Some things that should neve... read more...

Life insurance agents don’t have to put your interests above their own because they are held to a lower ethical standard. While it may not come as a surprise to some of you that agents do... read more...

A few years ago, it happened to me. When people talk about a moment of inspiration, it sometimes sounds like Prometheus coming down from the mountain and throwing his spark onto an able body. Next ... read more...

I don’t know about you, but I’d rather start my week off with a positive viewpoint that maybe I didn’t have before. That’s why I find and interview interesting folks and publish our conversation he... read more...

I recently saw someone ask the question if they could own more than one life insurance policy. I guess it makes sense there might be some regulation or competitive stance against that. Not only... read more...

How do you know when you have enough life insurance? Odds are decent you don’t. Not nearly enough families go through the necessary steps to secure their futures against the worst case scenar... read more...

Over on Five Cent Nickel, there has been a discussion about life insurance – where to get it, what type, how much – that type of thing. It’s all in the comments section, you might... read more...

Some of you may know that even though Clarifinancial is a new-fangled website thinga-majig, I have a bit of a history with the insurance market. While I work to introduce the next generation of ins... read more...

Greg Summers, better known to some as the Lean Life Coach, has over 25 years experience in sales, management, and consulting. After discovering how the principles of Lean Management helped business... read more...

I use to know a lot about life insurance. I still do. I didn’t memorize numbers because that’s not the type of guy I am – and because I had computers do that for me. But my jo... read more...

This a real question from a reader who asks, “Can you get life insurance while pregnant?” If you are already pregnant, can you get life insurance, are there special underwriting factors... read more...

You have kids that you’re responsible for and you did the right thing by getting life insurance to protect them (or maybe that’s why you’re here). Who should be the beneficiary of... read more...

I mentioned earlier that I updated my will and beneficiaries. One of the reasons behind doing so was to make sure my oldest brother was taken care of in his old age. You see, I’m supposed... read more...

I drove my wife to the school where she teaches this morning. We’ve been doing this for the last couple of days while we were down to one car. What was different about the trip this morni... read more...

Have you ever thought about how most companies and agents go about selling life insurance? Do they really do it in a way that helps you make better, wiser choices? I’m going to guess that... read more...

This fall, I took my wife to a conference on a college campus. I don’t often get a chance to walk along and think. Memories flood back as the season changes and I am met with my eventual real... read more...

Why should you wait to get your life insurance quotes back from Clarifinancial? Speed rarely improves the quality of our decisions. There are other sites that offer instant gratification. In the ca... read more...

Clarifinancial does not show instant life insurance quotes on spreadsheets. Here are a few reasons for this: Instant life quotes always exclude companies. Instant quotes do not reflect underwr... read more...

January is turning into a unique different month for Clarifinancial. This is the month when we crushed our first benchmarked competitor. “But you don’t have any competitors because nobo... read more...

Have you ever done this? I went to the grocery store last week and spent 10 minutes in the cereal aisle. There were so many choices! I saw more boxes of cereal when I looked up and even more go... read more...

Like many people who are searching on the internet, you may be wondering what the best way to get anonymous life quotes. It’s safe to say if you want the best life insurance quotes without re... read more...

According to the US Department of Labor in 2007, you spend 10.8% of your income on “insurance and pensions.” It is time to start getting the most out of your 10.8%. Many people I ha... read more...

Ever wish you were worth a million dollars or more? You may already be. The reason you may want to leave money behind like a millionaire is because protecting your legacy might cost a million dolla... read more...

The internet made the life insurance market more competitive. In the 1990’s, with the boom of early insurance aggregators, researchers at the University of Illinois and University of Chicago ... read more...

I’ll skip the lengthy Fresh Perspectives introduction because Adam Baker from Man vs. Debt and I talked for a long time. Also, I’m trying an experiment by uploading the raw audio from o... read more...

Finding the right life insurance quote for you is still a problem because a lot of information is hidden. There are many companies to choose from, and each life insurance company has many policies ... read more...

Term or whole life insurance seems like an ancient debate that will go on for centuries. At least it is true people have been debating which is the wisest choice since before I ever started in life... read more...

I often hear two related questions: Can I get a life insurance policy with a pre-existing condition? Will life insurance companies cover death by a pre existing condition? The answer is yes and... read more...

So I just updated my will, letter of intent, and life insurance beneficiaries this weekend. Why did I do this? Well, the recent earthquake in Haiti was so devastating and there are so many fami... read more...

This week, I had the opportunity to interview one of the survivors of the “Miracle on the Hudson” crash landing, one year after it happened. Mark Hood, a businessman and former Marine O... read more...

Shopping for life insurance quotes can be extra stressful if you are gay and don’t know how agents will react to you. You’re not even sure if being gay affects the life quotes you see o... read more...

I’m a curious guy. In fact, people who know me well probably know that one of the ways I learn is by coming up with crazy questions or problems and becoming obsessed with the answers. Cla... read more...

Some things should never be instant. The idea of instant coffee sounds good, right? Just add water. But sometimes you loose quality when you make something instant. Some things that should never be... read more...

I am on a lot of email lists from life insurance news sources and life insurance companies. Every once in a while, I get one company or news source that gets a bee in their bonnet about “crea... read more...

In case you’re new to the Fresh Perspective series, it’s where I interview someone new and interesting every week. I ask questions to get your brain cranking and headed off to a wonderf... read more...

You’ve heard it said, “Clarifinancial is the only way to get custom life insurance quotes from multiple agents without any hassle.” A lot of companies make claims they can’t... read more...

Generally speaking, we have found there are two people who react to the sheer number of questions you could be asked before getting your life insurance quote. Mind you, I am not saying we ask a lot... read more...

Some of your mouths may still be open after reading that headline, but it is true that we all hate sales people. I am not going to defend the tactics that salespeople use to make a living – I... read more...

Brad is success with a passion all wrapped up into one. He eliminated over $26,000 worth of debt in just 18 months. On his website EnemyofDebt.com, he shows you how you can reach your goals too. I ... read more...

December seems to have come and gone quicker than other months in the past. Perhaps that means we’re cooking up some fun things in the future. The two most popular articles on the site w... read more...

Once you apply, what is the quickest time you could get life insurance? Right away – if you meet certain requirements. Read on to learn more about how to get life insurance in an instant. ... read more...

I happen to be a fan of Scott Adams. Through his creation, Dilbert, he is able to encapsulate observations into short panels. Having created a cartoon of my own, I know the work that goes into shor... read more...

Every Monday, I interview an interesting person to start the week off with a fresh perspective. I hope you enjoy this series as much as I do. This week, I asked Kyle C, the personality behind Ma... read more...

Since you are looking into life insurance, one of the more common questions people have is about the exam that happens afterwards. Are you going to need an exam and what will they do? What sorts of... read more...

A while ago, I started giving out the advice that you should get more than one life insurance quote. This was even while I still sold insurance. Was I crazy? Was I cutting my own throat by encourag... read more...

Fresh Perspectives is an interview series on Mondays to help get your week off to a fresh start. This week, I had the honor of asking Matthew E. May questions about simplicity, marketing, financial... read more...

With the holidays around the corner, toys and games are on the front of many people’s minds. When I was younger, I was a pretty big fan of G.I. Joe. I guess being an adult who thinks about it... read more...

Thinking about buying life insurance for your parents? There are a few things to consider. You might even want to consider if you need insurance on them at all. As we move from being a child to... read more...

When was the last time you reviewed your life insurance policy? Most likely, you take your car into the local mechanic to change the oil every few thousand miles to make sure you don’t blow o... read more...

I’ve heard a lot of so-called financial experts say it, and they are wrong. Term life insurance is not “pure insurance”. Don’t be confused into a choice by the talking heads... read more...

Fresh Perspectives is a new interview series on Mondays to help get your week off to a fresh start. This week, I had the opportunity to ask J. Money questions about marketing, art, personal finance... read more...

Everyday, we wake up and watch the weather and drink coffee (or Mountain Dew if you’re my wife). When we meet a stranger, it seems we can always strike up a conversation about the weather. ... read more...

Some of you have heard Clarifinancial is for individual life insurance shoppers. How could fee-only advisors find the same tool useful? Clarifinancial matches people who are looking for insuranc... read more...

Here’s the deal: things that provide real value deserve to be spread to as many people as they can help. That’s the simple idea behind Clarifinancial’s Charitable Affiliate progr... read more...

People like you can help make this world better by getting life insurance quotes. No, really. Clarifinancial partners with nonprofits to spread the message and raise money for good causes. Some... read more...

As you continue to age, in a constant climb toward the long awaited golden years, it is important to reevaluate your life insurance policy and make certain you are still receiving the proper covera... read more...

With a baby on the way, you need to be thinking about getting your financial house in order, including life insurance. Start your search today to make sure you find the right life policy at an ... read more...

Yesterday I went to the dentist. Normally, a trip to the dentist isn’t a post-worthy occasion, but she started to ask what I do for a living. She could have been making small talk, or maybe i... read more...

At Clarifinancial, people ask us what it is we do. Do we sell insurance? Do we create a massive database of insurance knowledge? Are we like a wiki, collecting other people’s inputs and publi... read more...

It may sound like there are agents out there who think they have the best life insurance quote for you, but they would be lying if they told you they knew for certain. There are two problems with t... read more...

This is a real question that comes from Jennifer, a long time friend of mine from college. We were emailing back and forth about life and she asked me about Clarifinancial. She had a few questions ... read more...

November has been a great month. Only the second month Clarifinancial was available to the public. Already we are making a positive impact in the way people shop for life insurance. And it’s ... read more...

A lot of people search for life insurance on the web because they want the quick and easy solution. That may be the case, especially as the holidays approach. One of the great things about the inte... read more...

The best gift you could ever give to your family has nothing to do with ribbons or wrapping, or boxes and bows. The best gift you could ever give to your family is an endowment endeared with your l... read more...

The internet is an interesting thing. Blogger Kelly Whalen at The Centsible Life was looking for some advice for divorced women she’d met yesterday. At the same time, I was looking for new id... read more...

You may have noticed that Clarifinancial asks how long you want your life insurance policy to last. It seems a weird question at first. But it is only weird because other places are not asking the ... read more...

My wife is a huge fan of the Twilight series. We went on vacation two years ago and she read all the books in a week. Now she can barely contain her excitement about seeing the movies. You may have... read more...

If you think it is too late in the year to write about vampires, you would be wrong. Tonight around midnight, people will line up outside your local cinema to be among the first to witness the next... read more...

The first thing to remember is that all companies in the US and Canada are required to keep adequate reserves to pay their claims separate from their operating account. Each department of insurance... read more...

An uncommon life insurance secret (even some agents don’t know) is that not all agents have the same life insurance plans to offer for the same price. I actually decided to write this after I... read more...

I hear this life insurance question from time to time: “What’s the worst that could happen if I lie on a life insurance application – can I get away with it?” You might be a... read more...

It is never easy to think about our own mortality. It is even more difficult to ponder the aftermath of a premature demise. Shockingly (and despite the essential need for responsible coverage), nea... read more...

My wife met a former student of hers who has become a friend for coffee recently. It was getting late and she decided to invite her over to watch some reruns of Glee and order pizza. Exciting I kno... read more...

Most people know that insurance agents make money from commissions. But how does that work? Where does the money come from? And what does that mean to you? Working on commission means that insur... read more...

Your family history might have a significant impact on your life insurance rates, despite your good health. Learn the best way to get accurate life quotes, even if you can’t choose your famil... read more...

If you have ever searched for insurance on the web, whole life insurance quotes or term, then you already know it can be a bit of a puzzling mess. Hopefully, this article will help you sort out som... read more...

If you’re like some people, you already have some relationship with an insurance agents. It might be the person who does your home and auto, or it could be somebody your attorney recommended,... read more...

A commonly held life insurance myth (even by some agents) is that all agents have the same life insurance plans to offer. I actually decided to write this in response to a post I saw by an online l... read more...

Let’s say you and your wife just found out she is pregnant. To celebrate, you call up a bunch of your buddies from years past and go out. While you’re having a big time on the town, you... read more...

There are a multiplicity of factors you must consider when purchasing a life insurance policy for yourself or your family. The purchase of the policy itself should never be a question. Caring for t... read more...

You may have noticed that even though our articles section of the website acts like a blog, we are missing a few important ingredients. We don’t have a “best of” section that ... read more...

After yesterday’s successful post about the dangers of getting life quotes from only one insurance agent, I might have half my audience mad at me. I figured I would make it up to the life ins... read more...

This is a true story. What you don’t know might hurt you. If you ever wondered why getting quotes from multiple agents is necessary, read on. Competition is good for you because it is the... read more...

Buying life insurance used to stink… until Clarifinancial came along. There used to be only two ways to shop for life insurance. Both of them led to frustration. Method one involved getting the... read more...

In this day and age where everything seems to be getting faster, people often forget about quality instead of instant life insurance quotes. I can appreciate fast results as much as the next guy, b... read more...

If you are like the many people who have had a heart attack, coronary heart disease, stroke, or congenital heart disease, you may be wondering about the best place to get life insurance. The bad ne... read more...

Paperclips are beautiful. Nothing more than a bent piece of wire, the paperclip was first patented in 1899 by Johan Vaaler, a Norwegian inventor. They are simple and elegant, perform their job wit... read more...

If you recently lost someone who you suspect may have had a life insurance policy or you have lost your own life policy, here are some tips to help you retrieve the information you need. Simpl... read more...

A tremendous way to reduce your monthly expenses, while also getting the most you can from the dollars that are fleeing your wallet, is to make sure you are able to find the best life insurance quo... read more...

Sifting through page after page of California term life insurance rates can be an overwhelming experience. It is easy to get lost amid a sea of words you thought you knew, yet seem all of a sudden ... read more...

How much life insurance do you need? This has been rehashed by so many people. I have a book on my bookshelf from 1927 with chapters devoted to the different ways to calculate your life insurance n... read more...

Even twins are not the same. Identical twins have the same genetic material, but that doesn’t make them the same person. Have you ever noticed that identical twins have different moles, their... read more...

Because Clarifinancial focuses so much on quality results, a lot of the insurance shoppers want to make sure they choose a quality company. So how does Clarifinancial share information about compa... read more...

There are two factors that will cause life insurance rates to go up in the future for you. One being the overall economic situation that began in 2008. The other factor has more to do with you as a... read more...

Which one should you choose: term insurance or whole life? The short answer is, “We do not know.” But thanks to us, now you do not need to worry about the question anymore. How the i... read more...

Why do so many people go online to look for life insurance? Because, like you, they want fair and accurate quotes from enough agents to compare without worrying about sales pressure. Unfortunat... read more...

Unfortunately, many applicants often discover it is exceedingly difficult to find life insurance for pre-existing conditions. This lack of applicant approval makes perfect sense from the insurance ... read more...

In the past, there has been no way to get quality anonymous life insurance quotes. Only two ways existed to get quotes. One was to answer a few generic questions like height, weight, and smoking st... read more...

Many people wonder what the best way to buy life insurance is. There are many options online. But there are also ways of buying life insurance over the telephone and in person. What’s the bes... read more...

How is Clarifinancial different? Some other insurance web sites sell your information to a few professionals first, and then let them fight it out with you in the middle. The salespeople who boug... read more...

Do you ever get frustrated when you compare life insurance quotes? I know I do. Clarifinancial makes choosing life insurance quotes easier. By answering a few questions one time, you get custom quo... read more...