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A $41 Trillion Market - Why Legacy Planning Matters, and What it Takes
By Christina PellettWhen advising clients on what will happen to their estate after their death, the natural inclination is to talk strictly finance: trusts, wills, life insurance, and inheritance. But while these factors are essential components of estate planning,
June 01, 2008
AHIP Unveils Health Care PlanAmerica's Health Insurance Plans proposed a comprehensive health care program on May 29 which it estimated could reduce the nation's health care costs by $145 ...
June 01, 2008
AHIP Unveils Health Care PlanAmerica's Health Insurance Plans proposed a comprehensive health care program on May 29 which it estimated could reduce the nation's health care costs by $145 ...
June 01, 2008
Does The LTC Industry Need To Address DNA Test Issues?A woman I met at a long term care insurance meeting presented a troubling question, one the LTC industry needs to address. "How," she asked, ...
June 01, 2008
Surmounting Inflation With Fixed-Income AnnuitiesIt's well known that retirement planning aims to develop a plan that provides enough retirement income for the client's lifetime.This is a difficult task at ...
June 01, 2008
Help 401(k) Participants Discover AnnuitiesThere's a simple way to get more 401(k) participants to buy annuities: remember that most participants are not financial analysts. Most are "the rest of ...
June 01, 2008
NAIC Asked Why It Did Not Include Consumer Input At Its MeetingA consumer advocate is criticizing the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City, Mo., for not asking consumer representatives to participate in a meeting held ...
June 01, 2008
Does 'Spousal Continuation' Apply To Civil Union Partners?The annuity industry is beginning to struggle with how best to address civil unions within the scope of the spousal continuation provisions of nonqualified annuity ...