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By Staff WriterEmmett Wright, the chief investment officer at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company, gives roughly the same financial advice that someone from his company has had to give in National Underwriter
January 25, 2010
FinCen Eyes Suspicious Life Settlement TransactionsA federal program that collects information about possible cases of money laundering is receiving some reports on life settlement transactions.
January 25, 2010
Do Your Clients Know What They're Getting?A couple of weeks ago, Forbes.com ran a pretty compelling article on what the life insurance industry is doing wrong - and how it can do it better.
January 25, 2010
How Paid Long Term Care Insurance Plans Can Help Small-Business Owners Attract and Retain Top EmployeesSmall business owners have to be creative these days to attract and retain quality people, and thinking outside the box is a must when devising innovative benefits that would appeal to key employees -- especially those in their 40s, 50s, and 60s.
January 25, 2010
My Eight Timeless LessonsBenjamin Graham, the late economist known as "the father of investing," was famously noted for saying, "Wall Street people learn nothing and forget everything." He delivered this quip a generation ago, but could have said it last month.
January 25, 2010
Do Your Clients Know What They're Getting?A couple of weeks ago, Forbes.com ran a pretty compelling article on what the life insurance industry is doing wrong - and how it can do it better.
January 24, 2010
FinCen: Insurers See Possible Terrorist Financing ActivityInsurers seem to be doing a good job of telling the U.S. Treasury Department about suspicious activity, and they have uncovered a few transactions that may relate to financing of terrorism, officials say.
January 24, 2010
Learning from the Retirement Crisis: How to Advise Your Young Clients About RetirementHindsight is 20/20. If we had known about the current retirement crisis 15 or 20 years ago, financial advisors around the United States could have warned their younger clients to start saving and stop spending.