Client Stories: Life in Focus
Along life's journey the unexpected happens. RiverSource® life and disability income insurance solutions can help you protect against the unexpected by reducing risks and safeguarding assets.
The following stories are real. They demonstrate that having the right protection in place can help you endure challenges, protect dreams and ease financial worries.
Ultimately, it allows you to keep life in focus.
Dancing in the rain
Wayne Fuller was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2005. As he began preparing to deal with the change, a decision he and his wife made years earlier is now helping them continue to live life to the fullest.
Keeping dreams alive
Business owners Bill and Karen Edwards were realizing their dream when suddenly Bill suffered a major stroke. Because of their decision to purchase disability income insurance, they're able to keep their dreams alive.
Home is where her heart is
Kirk and Kristen Higgins always desired a lifestyle that would allow Kristen to stay at home with their kids. When Kirk was later diagnosed with brain cancer and died – leaving Kristen to raise five young kids on her own – their plan didn't have to change.
Passing on a legacy
Aurelio Anchondo took pride in taking care of his wife Carole and their family. He wanted his legacy to do the same. It has. And now Carole will be able to pass on a legacy as well.
Taken care of for life
Curt and Alicia Wagner purchased life insurance in their 20s, before they married more than three years ago. They didn't realize how soon that protection would prove so critical to their future.
A family's future protected
Tom Trepkowski died unexpectedly at the age of 35. But Tom planned for this unforeseen tragedy and in turn prevented another one — a financial tragedy — from happening to his wife Kylie and 2-year-old son Collin.
Each person represented is a policyholder or beneficiary of an insurance policy issued by RiverSource Life Insurance Company or RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York, and is discussing his/her experience in that regard. The experience highlighted is not an advertisement for investment advisory services and may not be representative of the experience of other clients.