Life insurance can sometimes be hard to understand. Do I really need it and if so, how much? Whether you decide you need life insurance or not, below we clear up some of the most common misunderstandings about life insurance.

Tracy King
Tracy is a marketing manager that brings with her a breadth of experience from financial underwriting in the health insurance industry, to teaching first and second graders. Tracy loves learning and is never afraid to ask a question.
To keep her creative juices flowing at home, she tries to keep up with her two teenage daughters, knits, and enjoys cooking – not necessarily in that order! Working with children in education and having a family has been influential on Tracy’s sense of humor and ability to think and act on the fly.
A Chicago native, Tracy is a life-long Cubs fan as a testimony to her persistence and hopefulness.
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