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5 Quick Takeaways From MDRT’s Main Platform
By Brian AndersonPresenters at this years gathering, held last week in Anaheim, Calif., provided plenty of great advice and interesting thoughts about the business of selling life insurance. Here are a few gems taken from some of the main platform speakers on June 12.
June 14, 2012
4 Ways to Deal With Estate Tax UncertaintyNext year, your senior clients may be faced with potential estate tax changes. Here, fellow advisors share four strategies to help them cope.
June 14, 2012
Waters Tries to Ice SRO BillLegislation has been proposed that would authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission to levy fees on investment advisors in order to pay for more diligent oversight of those registered as advisors.
June 14, 2012
Senior Survey: Reversing Views on Reverse MortgagesAdvisors should think of a reverse mortgage as one more arrow in the quiver.
June 14, 2012
Spain’s bail-out: Insuficiente (Economist)The optimism surrounding the euro-zone bail-out of Spains banks, announced June 9, did not last long.
June 14, 2012
Dimon: We need to be allowed to fail (Reuters TV)Appearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan, was asked what he learned from this problem.
June 14, 2012
Q1 Annuity Sales Slump: Here to Stay or Gone Tomorrow?Experts point to persistent low interest rates and skittish investors.
June 14, 2012
Week in Pictures | June 15, 2012While Greece prepares for national elections which will determine its future in the eurozone, Spain's borrowing rates soar. Back home the debate over employer-funded contraception rages on on two fronts as Jamie Dimon takes his lumps with contrition on Capitol Hill. This and more in this week's Week in Pictures.