Life Planning Strategies
Life planning strategies, with ideas about how to use life insurance and related products to help people and businesses get things done.
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By John SullivanAccusations of bullying tactics and misleading reports only hold, it seems, if Dick Cheney is involved. The big three are in the hot seat, and...
October 01, 2009
Insurance Update: Coverage Options ExpandIn the midst of all the troubling news about insurance and insurance companies, there's a ray of sunshine: disability insurance is no longer playing hard...
September 29, 2009
Plans for IRA donations unclearA reader from Westminster, Colo. asks the following important questions of Tom Herman in the Wall Street Journal. Is there any chance that Congress will allow...
September 28, 2009
Forget H1N1--Here comes BoomeritisDiagnosis? Boomeritis. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer and intially coined by a local orthopedic surgeon, the informal term describes the swelling number of boomers - the...
September 28, 2009
Wien: S&P 500 rebound to continueBloomberg reports the Standard & Poor's 500 Index is poised for its biggest fourth-quarter rally in a decade as the economy recovers and earnings exceed...
September 28, 2009
Can baby boomers age in place?This question is asked and answered by Peter Boston at Best Syndication. "City planning specialists, MDs and aging consultants of all types are thinking about the...
September 24, 2009
Fuzzy retirement mathSee if you agree with following numbers from last year's study from Aon Consulting and Georgia State University, as reported by the Associated Press: "Someone with...
September 18, 2009
Boomers rack up $59 billion in hospital costsIn 2007, baby boomers (adults age 55-64) had more than 4.7 million hospital stays totaling $59 billion, or 16 percent of total hospital costs in...