Primary or Secondary?
Evelyn wrote to our ministry concerned about her husband’s life insurance. He had one policy for his kids and another for her and her children, and that felt odd to her. I suggested he was wise to arrange for money to be passed on to each. “And,†I said, “Don’t get caught up in ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’ language. That’s really not a measurement of your value to your husband. The question should be is he taking care of you and the kids? The good news,†I told her, “It sounds like he is.â€
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Evelyn wrote to our ministry concerned about her husband’s life insurance. He had one policy for his kids and another for her and her children, and that felt odd to her. I suggested he was wise to arrange for money to be passed on to each. “And,†I said, “Don’t get caught up in ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’ language. That’s really not a measurement of your value to your husband. The question should be is he taking care of you and the kids? The good news,†I told her, “It sounds like he is.â€
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more
When it comes to insurance, which beneficiary do you want to be—primary or secondary?
Ron: When it comes to insurance, which beneficiary do you want to be—primary or secondary?
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Ron: Oh, primary, right? That means you are first in line to get benefits. Evelyn wrote to our ministry concerned about her husband’s life insurance. He had one policy for his kids and another for her and her children, and that felt odd to her. I suggested that he was wise to arrange for money to be passed on to each—and there are a lot of ways to do that.
“And,” I said, “Don’t get caught up in ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’ language. That’s really not a measurement of your value to your husband. The question should be is he taking care of you and the kids? The good news,” I told her, “It sounds like he is.” For FamilyLife Blended, I’m Ron Deal.
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