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Social Security
By Staff Writer$1,079: Average monthly income from Social Security. 49,865: Total number of beneficiaries for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance. 28%: Percentage of SSI recipients who are 65 or older; 15 percent are under 18. 2.5 million: Approxima
May 18, 2008
Talking Social Security With BoomersAgents and advisors are constantly asked: Should I take Social Security at age 62 or later? Should I build my retirement funding around it? How ...
May 16, 2008
Unum Retires DebtA disability insurer says it has completed paying off a portion of its debt securities.Unum Group Corp., Chattanooga, Tenn., says it has retired the last ...
May 09, 2008
GAO: The Other Social Security Crisis. . .The federal government soon may have trouble supplying the people necessary to help aging boomers with Social Security retirement and disability benefits concerns.The Social Security ...
May 04, 2008
Credit Crunch Taking A Toll On The Settlement MarketThe settlement market first felt the impact of the credit crunch last fall, as providers purchasing off lines of credit found themselves at the mercy ...
May 04, 2008
Credit Crunch Taking A Toll On The Settlement MarketThe settlement market first felt the impact of the credit crunch last fall, as providers purchasing off lines of credit found themselves at the mercy ...
April 27, 2008
Perceptions About PricesNothing quite raises the hackles of Americans like watching the price of gasoline rise to record levels. Our over-dependence upon our cars causes such price ...
April 24, 2008
High Court Hears Oral Arguments In Benefit Determinations CaseSupreme Court justices said Wednesday that they are not sure what to tell lower courts about how to review potential conflicts of interest that might ...