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.
Education and art
By Staff Writer24.5 - Percent of art museum visitors born between 1946 and 1955. 26.7 - Percent of ballet attendees born between 1946 and 1955. 45%...
May 28, 2008
Boomers drive mental fitness marketSonia Arrison, writing this week in TechNewsWorld, says we have boomers to thank for good mental fitness. As members of the baby boomer generation attempt...
May 28, 2008
John Hancock Funds' CEO Hartstein on the boomer need for LTCIPurchasing long term care insurance would seem to be a basic strategy to guard against longevity risk. But LTCI continues to struggle with market penetration....
May 28, 2008
A piece of the planning puzzle boomer advisors missDuring the World Cup in Germany in 2006, pickpockets identified wealthy Americans by the tennis shoes they wore. In certain Latin American cities, one wrong...
May 28, 2008
Longer life means increased disability riskIt isn't rocket science, but for some reason boomers just aren't getting it. The longer you live, the higher the risk of incurring some sort...
May 28, 2008
Why it's wise to defy "conventional wisdom"More evidence of the folly of the follow-the-herd mentality. A fascinating read appears in a recent article from the Wall Street Journal about low profile...
May 28, 2008
Bet big on the health care economyFirst it was agriculture, then manufacturing and most recently service. What will be the backbone for our economy in the not-too-distant future? According to the...
May 28, 2008
Longevity annuitiesSome insurers are offering a twist on the traditional immediate annuity that should help retirees protect themselves from outliving their savings, according to Walter Updegrave...