Life Insurance
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How to Opt Out of Inheriting an IRA
By Robert Bloink | William H. ByrnesBeneficiaries seeking to avoid gift and income tax consequences can execute a "qualified disclaimer" to decline the inheritance.
February 07, 2024
Life Happens to Stick With Influencer-Based StrategyBrian Steiner, the nonprofit's new leader, believes that social media regulars help the group reach more market nooks.
February 07, 2024
Are Insurance Company Lenders Dangerous?Two econonomists are nervous about the idea of tougher bank regulation pushing corporate borrowers to nonbank lenders.
February 06, 2024
When Clients Are Laid Off, How to Ease the Sting: Advisors' AdviceAdvisors helping clients through low moments can set themselves up to retain business when good times return.
February 06, 2024
Great Recession Saved Lives: ResearchA working paper found that 4% of 55-year-olds gained an extra year of life.
February 06, 2024
'Annuity King' Gets 15-Year Sentence, Files AppealPhillip Roy Wasserman, convicted of defrauding insurance company investors, is set to begin serving time Feb. 23.
February 05, 2024
Yes, Annuity Issuers Can FailHere are five things to think about when evaluating the companies backing the income guarantees.
February 02, 2024
U.S. Hospitals' Weekly COVID-19 Death Count Rises AgainMasks are out, but death is still out there.