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.
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...
February 25, 2009
Obama takes on health care reform - a top concern for boomersPrivate 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 25, 2009
Indexed annuities could see record yearFourth-quarter 2008 indexed annuity sales were up 12.7 percent from the same period in the prior year, according to AnnuitySpecs.com, whose 46th edition of the...
February 23, 2009
A.M. Best expects continued negative rating actions for life/annuity sectorA new report from A.M. Best Co. finds the North American life/annuity segment is of lower credit quality relative to where it was historically and...
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...