by North Star Insurance Advisors | Jul 14, 2025 | Life Insurance
The short answer is yes — life insurance pays for funeral expenses. The more useful answer depends on what type of policy exists, whose name is on it, and what steps the family needs to take to access the funds. For a family facing an immediate loss and an upcoming...
by North Star Insurance Advisors | Jul 14, 2025 | Career
Remote work in life insurance is real — but the version of remote flexibility you get depends almost entirely on which platform you’re working with, and the reality looks somewhat different from how it’s typically marketed. Before you apply anywhere,...
by North Star Insurance Advisors | Jul 14, 2025 | Life Insurance
Nobody wants to shop for this. You’re doing it because you’ve watched a family scramble to cover a funeral, or you don’t want your own kids stuck with the bill — and now you’re staring at two products that sound almost identical. “Final...
by North Star Insurance Advisors | Jul 14, 2025 | Life Insurance
The funeral home needs payment now. The life insurance check won’t arrive for weeks. That gap — sometimes $8,000 or more sitting on the wrong side of a claim process — is why families end up asking whether they can just sign the policy over to the funeral home....
by North Star Insurance Advisors | Jul 14, 2025 | Life Insurance
One embalming complaint. One family that says the wrong body was cremated. One slip on your icy front steps during a winter service. Any of these can turn into a lawsuit big enough to end a funeral home that’s been in the family for three generations — and a...