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.
Guarantees dominate variable annuities amid sharp sales decline
By Staff WriterAlmost all variable annuities offered include some form of Guaranteed Living Benefit (GLB) according to a survey by Milliman released Tuesday. The firm's new survey of...
March 09, 2009
Industry leaders welcome new online 'LTC Guild'In what could be deemed the MySpace of LTCI, a new online "LTC Guild" offers long term care insurance professionals a chance to gather for...
March 09, 2009
Impending health care costs won't lower living standardsNo evidence suggests boomers approaching age 65 will be forced to reduce their living standards due to medical expenses, according to new research from the...
March 02, 2009
Survey: More boomers opt for LTCIMore than half of individual long-term care insurance buyers were between the ages of 55 and 64 in 2008. The findings are the latest from...
March 01, 2009
What Lies Ahead: Up, Up, and AwayJohn Ryan, of Ryan Insurance Strategy Consultants in Greenwood Springs, Colorado, says that advisors need to consider a number of factors when focusing on long-term...
March 01, 2009
Insurance Update: Around for the Long Term?Bad news is making headlines everywhere; long-term care insurance is no exception. On January 6, Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company and American Network Insurance...