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.
Hard times lead prescription decline
By Danielle AndrusAs the cost of necessities like food and gas rise -- along with everything else -- more people are trying to decide which of their...
October 19, 2008
Market Volatility Remains HighThe Dow Jones industrials posted a gain of 401.03 points in the week ending October 17, 2008, or a rise of 4.75%, to close at 8,852.22, the biggest one week improvement since March 2003.
October 16, 2008
Boomers bring in big bucks to funeral industryLooking forward to a huge boom in their industry, funeral directors are "just sort of waiting for the baby boomers to start dying off." Tara...
October 05, 2008
Independent Broker/Dealers Not on AIG's Keeper ListThe new chairman and CEO of AIG, Edward Leddy, disclosed in an analysts conference call on Friday, October 3, that the company has begun a...
October 01, 2008
Boomer-friendly productsThe emergence of some lifestage products designed specifically with boomers in mind is making LTCI a more inviting subject for advisors to tackle with clients....
October 01, 2008
The Next StepsCatherine J. Weatherford, new president and CEO of NAVA, says that the most important issues she sees facing the group and the industry are the...
October 01, 2008
Changing of the GuardOn July 3, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced that Catherine Weatherford, long-time executive vice president and CEO, would be leaving her post...
September 18, 2008
Women's retirement woes63% - Percentage of women who own a tax-advantaged retirement account, compared with 68 percent of men. 20% - Percentage of women who are...