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What would an actuary do?

As a self-proclaimed economist, I enjoy thinking of things from a systemic perspective, incentive structures and behavioral economics. To that end, I have been reading and learning about the insurance industry.

Main Conclusion: Buy Term Insurance; invest the difference in an index fund.

What type of life insurance do actuaries buy? 

http://alephblog.com/2012/08/14/what-insurance-do-actuaries-buy/

Advice from an Actuary

http://www.mymoneyblog.com/life-insurance-advice-from-actuary.html

A Life Insurance Agents Quest to Shine Light on the Industry

http://www.breadwinnersinsurance.com

What are some good insurance companies?

https://www.goodfinancialcents.com/insurance-quotes/life/companies/ (I still need to vet this, but their recommendation about https://havenlife.com and http://lemonade.com).

Note: this is a living post and will continually be updated

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On Children by Kahlil Gibran

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Hat Tip: http://www.katsandogz.com/onchildren.html