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.
Good news? P/C profit falls 96 percent
By John SullivanIt isn't sexy, but who cares? A bright spot in an otherwise ailing insurance industry -- property/casualty. "Compared with life insurers and many other financial-services companies,...
April 24, 2009
Retirement org defends 401(k)sEmployer-sponsored retirement plans have been under lawmakers' radar recently, especially in regard to 401(k) fees, their ability to allow unbiased investment advice, and their strength...
April 23, 2009
Slump keeps boomer homeowners from movingStagnant moving rates and continued plummeting home sales indicate boomer homeowners aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Fitch Ratings estimates home prices will fall an additional 12.5...
April 22, 2009
U.S. employers to stem cost-cutting measures, survey findsCost-cutting measures like layoffs, and hiring and salary freezes at U.S. employers might have finally peaked, according to a survey from consulting firm Watson Wyatt....
April 21, 2009
Retirement advice faces magnified regulator scrutinyAttorneys tell Dow Jones Newswires that regulators appear to be cranking up enforcement where it concerns retirement investment advice. According to a Tuesday report by the...
April 20, 2009
S&P: Indices repeatedly outperform actively managed funds"The belief that bear markets strongly favor active management is a myth," says Srikant Dash, global head of research and design at Standard & Poor's....
April 17, 2009
Stay in the VA frayRecent sales figures don't lie -- variable annuities are a tougher sell today than they were a year or two ago (for obvious reasons.) Here's...
April 16, 2009
At least they're not viaticalsCall it settling up before moving -- or passing -- on. Life settlements (or viatical settlements before the marketing makeover) are on the rise, and...