Using UL to enhance retirement finances
By staff WriterGreg Gardner, CFP, with the Gardner Group in Dallas, provides the following example of how UL can improve a client's retirement finances. The client was retiring at age 56 and his wife was 58. His retirement plan gave him the following choice:
June 16, 2008
Thomas H. MacLeayThomas H. MacLeay is retiring as National Life Group's president and CEO at the end of the year. He has served as president for 11 years and CEO and chairman for the past six years. He will remain as chairman of the board.
June 16, 2008
Cost of care$3,008: National average monthly rate for a private room in an assisted living facility. $209: National average cost of a private room in a nursing home. $59: Average daily rate for adult day care. Average daily cost of a privat
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Banking on value stocksAfter watching major banks crash and burn recently, investors have been avoiding bank stocks. According to CNNMoney.com, though, some banks' cheap stocks are worth a...
June 16, 2008
Class is in sessionWhenever I send out invitations to one of my seminars, I always market it as an educational workshop. The purpose of an education is to learn things you don't already know; therefore, your role as the speaker is to teach people things they
June 16, 2008
Class is in sessionWhenever I send out invitations to one of my seminars, I always market it as an educational workshop. The purpose of an education is to learn things you don't already know; therefore, your role as the speaker is to teach people things they
June 16, 2008
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June 16, 2008
When an Itch Creates a NicheDoes demand drive innovation or does innovation create demand? Or is it possible that both are true? When I look at the landscape in our...

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