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.
Health Care Law’s LTC Plan Appears Endangered by CLASS Act’s Potential Demise
By Marlene Y. SatterThe Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday denied a rumor that the office administering the LTC portion of the health reform law was being shut for good.
September 17, 2011
How to Build a Foolproof Family Limited PartnershipA strong FLP must be custom-built from the ground up or you risk having the IRS or a court set it aside.
September 15, 2011
Health-Care Law’s LTC Program Unsustainable, Republicans SayA group of congressional Republicans issued a report on Thursday claiming that a piece of President Barack Obamas health-care law calling for long-term care insurance, also known as the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, is financially insolvent.
September 06, 2011
Half of Underinsured Households Ready to Purchase Life PoliciesA study released Tuesday by LIMRA found that among underinsured U.S. households, 17 million, or half of them, may be ready to buy life insurance policies in the next year.
September 01, 2011
Pension Plans Failing to Account for Rising Life Expectancies: Swiss RePension shortfalls will be exacerbated by underestimating life expectancies, says Swiss Re in calling for more effective longevity models.
August 28, 2011
LTC Buyers Choose Higher Premiums Over Limited BenefitsCan the LTC market come back from the brink?
August 24, 2011
Liable to Regret?Your clients, or even your own firm, may be considering self-insuring to cover costs normally covered by health or workers compensation insurance, but a recent poll shows that theres a certain amount of ignorance about the responsibilities and liabilities of a self-insured groups member firmsand that ignorance is growing.
August 24, 2011
2011 Broker-Dealers of the Year: The Runners UpMore than 5,000 valid votes were cast in this year's Broker-Dealer of the Year balloting. Here are the second- and third-place BDs in our annual readers' poll.