Advisors Differ On How Much Boomers Should Leverage Debt
By Jim ConnollyIf the use of mortgage leverage was a beautiful apple on the end of a branch, how far on that limb would financial advisors ...
August 03, 2005
OFC Rift Among Agents More Politics Than RealityBy Arthur D. PostalSeveral weeks ago, a public relations firm associated with the life insurance industry alerted the media to a "growing fight among ...
August 03, 2005
Spitzer Calls For End To Antitrust EemptionThe McCarran-Ferguson Act, which has kept insurance regulation in the hands of states since its enactment in 1945, should be repealed, according to New ...
August 03, 2005
Making Scripture Part Of The PlanThe next time you care to lend a historical perspective to a discussion about saving and investing, you might recount well-worn stories about the ...
August 03, 2005
How Many Clients Really Need Long-Duration LTC Protection?Are agents losing sales because they are selling too many long term care insurance policies offering costly long-term benefits? That could be one conclusion ...
August 03, 2005
Return Of The 30-Year Bond Gets Mied ReviewsThe new 30-year Treasury bonds may play a bigger role in life insurance company investment portfolios than in defined benefit pension plan calculations.[@@]The U.S. ...
August 03, 2005
Guarantees In Annuities Appeal To HispanicsAmericans continue to warm to annuities, and the Hispanic community can be part of that warming if insurers grasp what is important to Hispanics. ...
August 03, 2005
September SongSeptember SongIt hardly seems possible, yet September is right around the corner and with it, so many things to anticipate--some good, some bad.On the ...