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Knowledgeable Aging

Resources for the Aging Population

Life Insurance: It’s More Than a Death Benefit

An overview of how different types of life insurance work and can be an effective tool for risk management, protection, and wealth accumulation. We’ll discuss how various types of life insurance factor in to a strong, comprehensive financial plan.

Listen to the Podcast

  • 2:33 – Protect your family
  • 4:15 – Term life insurance
  • 6:04 – Whole life insurance
  • 8:26 – Living benefits of whole life insurance
  • 10:15 – Top reasons for owning life insurance
  • 13:20 – Risk management
  • 14:24 – Wealth preservation and distribution
  • 20:30 – Choosing the insurance that’s right for you
  • 22:53 – Key considerations
  • 23:54 – Questions
Matthew Erickson

Matthew Erickson is a Financial Advisor with a comprehensive financial planning practice under the firm Northwestern Mutual Park Avenue in New York City. His practice focuses on individuals and families with comprehensive planning across people’s short-term, mid-term and long-term goals and working together to bridge across these over time. He dedicates his practice to promoting financial literacy and economic empowerment and is skilled in helping clients formulate strategies around accumulating, preserving and eventually distributing their savings and wealth over time and teaches people how to do it in an effective and particularly tax-efficient way. He holds his Series 7, Series 63, LAH and SIE and has a demonstrated history of working with primarily LGBTQ+, POC and Womxn professionals.

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