Life Insurance
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4 Reasons Why Your Clients Can Never Really Retire, Part 2
By David C. LewisWhile it's impossible to succeed at traditional retirement planning, it's not impossible to make a financial plan.
August 08, 2012
Moody's: Insurers Dive into Book Value Wraps Despite RisksInsurance companies are increasingly becoming involved in the stable value wrap business due to strong ROEs and minimal allocated capital.
August 08, 2012
CrummeyService.com Accepts Equity InvestmentThe Web-based service that enables life insurance trusts to comply with annual notification requirements to trust beneficiaries, has accepted an equity investment from the principals of Winged Keel Group.
August 08, 2012
Why hedge funds destroy investor wealth (Advisor Perspectives)A former JPMorgan executive contends that investors put money in hedge funds after the performance was goodafter the fund has become bloated with new money.
August 08, 2012
A year later, S&P downgrade of U.S. looks like a dud (Washington Times)Still, one benefit of the downgrade, says Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at HIS Global Insight, is that it focused on the need to do something about Americas debt.
August 08, 2012
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama’s big ideas for saving the economy? Not this election (Christian Science Monitor)The presidential race is running so close that neither side wants to do anything that will give the other something to shoot at. This trench warfare will only get nastier as negative advertising starts to increase.
August 07, 2012
Consumer Financial Protection Agency to Investigate Mortgage InsurersThe Consumer Financial Protection Agency is conducting a broad investigation into mortgage insurers business practices amid allegations of illegal kickbacks to bankers in order to gain access to customers in need of private mortgage insurance.
August 07, 2012
Is dad’s life insurance through work enough?Is it too late for a 55-year-old man with a wife and teenage child to get life insurance?