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.
Industry leaders welcome new online 'LTC Guild'
By Staff WriterIn 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 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...
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...