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.
LTC costs vary widely across country
By Staff WriterBoomers 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 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...
January 23, 2009
Benefits increase for Social Security disability recipients - good news for boomers this year, but what happens in 2010?The largest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 25 years for Social Security recipients this year means boomers with disabilities are also reaping the benefits. However, projections...
January 22, 2009
Boomers optimistic about health55% -- Percentage of boomers who said they feel healthier than their parents were at the same age. 73% -- Percentage of boomers who...
January 22, 2009
Active ETFs on the horizonGrail Advisors and its partner American Beacon have filed for two multi-manager actively managed ETFs. Scott Burns, editor of Morningstar's ETFInvestor, celebrated the move, saying...