Assisted living - Only for the well-off
By Danielle AndrusAssisted living facilities are more accessible to the wealthy, writes BusinessWeek. The magazine cites research from a recent study that shows assisted living facilities are...
January 06, 2010
Dems push for health bill changesHouse Democrats have said that they will insist on changes to the Senate healthcare legislation, but it is unknown how much influence they will have...
January 05, 2010
Medicare confusion catches retireesRules for enrolling in Medicare are complex. But when people postpone retirement past age 65, as many people are doing these days, it's easy to...
January 04, 2010
Redesigned annuities hit marketplaceA string of redesigned variable annuities are hitting the market, after life insurers last year yanked the products that proved too generous to customers and...
January 04, 2010
Study reveals risk of critical illnessA 25-year-old male non-smoker has a 24 percent chance of having a critical illness (cancer, heart attack or stroke) prior to turning age 65. The...
January 01, 2010
Insurance Update: Dead to RightsIf clients want to get a settlement for their life insurance policies, or invest in securitization of life insurance settlements, what should you tell them? Jeff...
January 01, 2010
Too Good to Be TrueStuart Egrin, director of regulatory affairs at Invescor, which provides life settlement back office and brokerage services to B/Ds and insurance companies, says that advisors...
December 31, 2009
The baby with the bathwaterThe biggest travesty in this "historic" health care debacle is that it never had to come to this. Simple fixes (an anathema on Capitol Hill)...