Thursday August 7, 2008 - Breaking Up: Second or Third Time Around

[0:01]..." since Katrina. This Friday and we are looking a catastrophe planning with certified financial planner -- all this week today we're continuing to look at different types of insurance but -- really do need. Anthony your ability to have an income coming in is important TU -- dependents. And what you -- disability insurance if your ability to work is interrupted and become disabled in use life insurance. If you add dependents relying on your financial support when something happens to you. Disability insurance covers a lawsuit incomplete work. Your employer may offered as a paid benefits -- offered -- to purchase. Short term disability insurance can kick in within thirty days long term may take ninety are guilty by the more important disability insurance becomes accurate single. Who schooling to protect you. Oftentimes if you're coupled you know -- and individuals that work the other one can cover. Few paint Social Security how to discipline ability policy -- but the requirements are so strictest who receives. Disability and benefits from Social Security. Like insurance is used to cover the loss of your income for your dependency he should die. A young couple with children needs lots of life insurance Anthony. Because they need enough insurance to provide future income stream for the young family. If they want to send kids to "...

[1:39]..." it's like cheaper cheaper and terms the past while you're buying -- life insurance. And because people are living longer term life insurance has become very very cheap. You know great website to help you you can links from our web -- here at WBZ "...

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[0:00]..." Catastrophe planning that's the topic here on WBZ news radio 1030 with certified financial planner -- and today we're looking at one of the most important. Segments of catastrophe planning and that's having enough insurance. You know as one prepares for catastrophe consider insurance as a financial tool Anthony. The tool that allows us to protect the ones we love the stuff we own houses to sleep tonight. It keeps -- families financially safe and you need to know what risk human face financially and learn to manage them by using insurance homeowners. The issue adequately insured at least 80% of value her home makers -- home prices dropping. Most people definitely are insured "...

[0:43]..." spark it. -- of people evacuated and living in shelters on the north shore southern New Hampshire and Maine. Natural disasters are fast and often unpredictable. Fires still burning in California the tornadoes in Chicago couple weeks ago. Think about trying to evacuate Cape Cod if a hurricane was going to hit it would take days it would and the traffic lead -- to Chatham. If you're -- have an hour and you need to evacuate your home what do you Gramm. The kids the pants a few family pictures and medication anyway mistaking. You industry at your "...

[1:49]..." this stuff throw in a bag in your offering ready now. Now FEMA has some good information on the web site I doubted anybody even realized how important FEMA could be. Or wasn't effective before Katrina sure Red Cross has -- information. And believe it or not be so does the "...