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.
Obama takes on health care reform - a top concern for boomers
By Staff WriterPrivate health spending growth is projected to hit a 15-year low as the economic downturn will reduce the amount of private health insurance coverage, according...
February 19, 2009
LTC costs vary widely across countryBoomers weighing long term care costs will have to factor in their location, as a new study commissioned by Northwestern Mutual reveals some Americans are...
February 10, 2009
Life insurers cope with fourth-quarter lossesU.S. life insurers are being hit by charges to boost reserves for variable annuity equity market guarantees, according to Reuters news service. Principal Financial, Lincoln National...
February 09, 2009
Life insurers face "challenging" accounting and regulatory changesThe life insurance industry will face "challenging" accounting and regulatory changes, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting, which indicates these changes...
February 01, 2009
HSA primerHealth Savings Accounts were established as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act in 2003. They are designed to help individuals save...
February 01, 2009
Presidential DirectionsThe Oval Office isn't the only place with a new occupant. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is under the command of a new...
January 30, 2009
Regulators deny life insurance industry's request to lower capital, surplus standardsInsurance regulators have denied a request from the life insurance industry to relax capital and surplus requirements. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners reached the...
January 27, 2009
A head-smacking momentThe simple wisdom contained in a letter to the editor in today's Wall Street Journal is probably the clearest argument against the use of stimulus...