New Jersey has one of the largest Nigerian-American communities in the country. Most of them are underinsured.
The gap nobody talks about
Essex County, Bergen County, Union County — the Nigerian-American community in NJ is large, established, and professionally accomplished. And like their counterparts in New York, most carry life insurance that doesn't reflect their real financial obligations.
The average home price in North Jersey is over $500k. A 1–2x salary group plan doesn't cover that mortgage — let alone the remittances, the college savings, and the family obligations back home.
New Jersey historically had some of the most aggressive estate tax structures in the country. Life insurance structured correctly can be an estate planning tool as well as an income replacement tool — keeping the IRS out of what you've built.
A Nigerian-American family in Irvington or Newark supporting relatives in Lagos needs a death benefit sized for two economies. Most agents don't ask this question. We do.
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