Thursday, March 26, 2009

Some Facts about Term life insurance

Term life insurance is just one of the many types of policies that the life insurance industry offers. Let’s dig deeper and find out what actually is "term life insurance"? Also what does the word "term" mean?

The simple answer to the questions is that the word "term" refers to a policy that covers a specific time frame and once that time period ends, the policy coverage ends.

Insurance website savvy.

Online purchasing of term life insurance is currently experiencing a boom due to the competitive nature as well as the convenience offered by this method of purchase. As a result, a large number of websites have come up offering a plethora of services related to term life insurance. However, while some of the services that these websites offer may seem similar at face value, a careful study and a little deeper digging we will find that they are not similar and have subtle differences that have huge impacts. There are sites that are interested in only forwarding your information to insurance salesmen who are willing to pay. You simply fill in the site’s questionnaire and you’ll get call or emails from these agents and or their companies. While some of such sites are quite helpful, others can leave you regretting that you ever visited them o gave them your email id or your phone number. Then there are sites that offer a set number of instant quotes and don't allow third party access to the information in your questionnaire. At these sites, you can receive quotes instantly for side by side comparison. Such sites are by and large the best of the lot!

The term length is the dictator

As a general rule, the time duration dictates the amount that the insurance company will charge- the longer a term life insurance policy is for, the more expensive it will be. A large number of policies average between 5 to 30 years but there are exceptions. So, why is a longer term life insurance policy more expensive than a short one? The answer to this question is that the longer a term life insurance policy is for, the more likely it is that the insured party will die or would need its coverage while being covered by it.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Franchise Business

Franchising is a legal contract agreement between two parties-the franchiser - who allows people (franchisee) to share a brand identification, a successful method of doing business with a strong marketing and distribution system. All the documents and agreements are approved by both parties. The first of these documents is called a UFOC (Uniform Franchise Offering Circular).
Franchisee business is the best way to those people who are not satisfied with their job and have lot of talent but did not take full advantage of their knowledge. If you are planning your own business but don't have enough resources, fear to failure of business and share a brand identification to establish their business then franchising business play the main role of getting the success.

Benefits of franchisee business :
You work with only well establish business model, get the full knowledge of business of the franchiser. Franchising is low risky and very safe business.
There are some rules, which are set by the franchiser. Your answer to question will decide whether franchising is for you or not.You have these qualities to make the business successful like Control and Direct, Customer Focused, Decision Making power; Follows Business Procedures honestly, set goals for future progress.

Reason of failure of franchisee business :
Does not fully study the marker environment of the proposed franchised branch or outlet
Not able to control or manage the whole business and profit is decreasing day by day.
Franchisers and Franchisees take the responsibility to marketing and advertising the business.Break down in communications is the main key of failure of franchisee business.