Life insurance might be uncomfortable to talk about, but avoiding the conversation could leave your loved ones without support when they need it most. Whether you're on active duty or transitioning to civilian life, it's essential to understand the protections you have and the ones you don’t.
In this episode, Heather Walrath covers everything from traumatic injury benefits and accelerated death payouts to how to avoid losing life insurance coverage after separation or retirement. You’ll learn what makes SGLI and FSGLI unique, when and how to update your beneficiaries, and why planning ahead is one of the most powerful things you can do for your family.
Heather is an accredited financial educator who has enjoyed working with military members and families for the last 14 years while empowering them with financial education. She is a 2009 FINRA Military Spouse Fellow and holds a BA in economics from the University of Georgia and a paralegal certificate from the Denver Paralegal Institute. She is also an accredited Veterans’ Service representative. Heather has worked as a Personal Financial Counselor (PFC) with all branches of the military, including the Guard and Reserve components, as part of both the non-profit education sector and the Department of Defense PFC network.
Her passion is providing members with correct, unbiased information about the DoD Survivor Benefit Program and other survivor entitlement programs.
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