{"id":749061,"date":"2026-07-07T19:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/749061\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:33:06","slug":"how-swfl-seniors-can-protect-retirement-savings-with-smart-insurance-wink-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/749061\/","title":{"rendered":"How SWFL seniors can protect retirement savings with smart insurance | WINK Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many seniors are digging into retirement funds just to pay their bills.<\/p>\n<p>WINK News has spoken to many seniors about the cost of living getting too expensive. Now may be a good time to review insurance policies to ease financial stress down the road.<\/p>\n<p>Adding a new insurance bill or a higher one can seem counterintuitive. But if it means keeping savings and retirement money intact, now could be the time to re-evaluate.<\/p>\n<p>If the money planned to pay for funeral services or give to loved ones as an inheritance has dwindled, a good life insurance policy can help. Whole life insurance is pricey, but it can serve as a cash reserve and be leveraged while you&#8217;re alive.<\/p>\n<p>Policy costs can just keep rising. If a policy with good coverage at a reasonable price is found, financial planners suggest securing it if possible.<\/p>\n<p>Planning for long-term care is vital, too. This kind of insurance can pay for an in-home caretaker, which a family may be eligible for, or offset the cost of going to a facility down the road.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a monthly bill now, before the help may be needed. But it could save stress in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Medicare supplemental insurance, also known as &#8220;Medigap,&#8221; is a type of insurance that helps pay for co-pays, deductibles, and other expenses that might otherwise require dipping into savings. Every financial decision should be made with careful consideration by a professional.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all about evaluating, getting multiple quotes, and choosing what&#8217;s best.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winknews.com\/news\/consumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> for more WINK Smart stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many seniors are digging into retirement funds just to pay their bills. WINK News has spoken to many&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[28,5457,3,147,530],"class_list":["post-749061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-consumer","tag-news","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}