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.
Keep your schadenfreude in check
By John SullivanI've never been a Spitzer fan, even long before he became client No.9. His initial intentions as New York AG were indeed admirable, but absolute...
May 01, 2008
If A Stranger CallsLate in 2007, no less a personage than TV celebrity Larry King made headlines with a financial problem that's becoming increasingly common. In November, King...
May 01, 2008
Recovery RoomThis is a story about a threat to your clients of which you may not be aware, but that you can do something about. It...
April 18, 2008
Kanjorski Calls for Federal Insurance AgencyRep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pennsylvania), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee's Capital Markets Subcommittee, said at a hearing on financial services reform April 16 that he plans to introduce legislation today that will create an interim federal oversight agency, the Office of Insurance Information, within the U.S. Treasury Department.
April 01, 2008
Safe as HousesThe subprime mortgage problem is not just for houses any more, as its repercussions permeate the overall economy. There are more difficulties to consider, however,...
March 27, 2008
LTC Carriers Get Younger and YoungerLong-term care insurance is becoming a staple of financial planning for those in their 40s and 50s according to new research by the American Association...
March 01, 2008
Pressure PointsThe subprime meltdown and the precarious position of reinsurers are not the only pressures on the insurance market these days. According to W. Harold Petersen...
March 01, 2008
Mortgaging the FutureNo doubt you (and your clients) have been watching the subprime meltdown with angst as it plays havoc with clients' investments. Mortgages are defaulting all...