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Insurance Update: Is It Really a CLASS Act? How the new government long-term care insurance program may affect your clients.   |
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Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: An Asset to Planning According to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, asset-based LTC insurance is on the rise. |
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July 2008
Allen Hamm |
A Better Option The long-term care insurance industry is up to a new trick: Marketing LTC insurance through groups. |
Registered Rep.
October 23, 2012
Mark Miller |
Playing Health Insurance Roulette Most seniors will need long-term care at some point. Here's how to plan for that. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
You May Really Need This Expensive Insurance Don't let the need for long-term care for yourself or a loved one derail your retirement. |
Investment Advisor
September 2005
Melanie Waddell |
The Care Calculation Sales are down and premiums are up for long-term care insurance, but the cost of long-term care continues its steep increase. Advisors need to learn more about this product and discuss it with clients. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2011
Ingrid Case |
Crisis Brewing Many long-term care policy owners received uninsulated surprises recently -- substantial rate increases from carriers including MetLife, John Hancock and TransAmerica. What alternatives can planners suggest to clients? |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2006
Ed McCarthy |
Critical Coverage Even the best-tended assets are at risk when clients suffer from extended illness or injury. Here's how financial planners are protecting them. |
Registered Rep.
November 20, 2012
Alan Lavine |
Lock into Long-Term Care with Hybrid Policies Combining life insurance and annuities with long-term care policies can protect against premium hikes or the risk of never making a claim. Here's how to make sure they are right for your clients. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn |
Combo Care After more than three years of waiting, new tax laws may increase the popularity of life insurance and annuities with long-term-care riders. |
Investment Advisor
September 2007
Marlene Y. Satter |
In the Meantime Despite the recent bad press, you still have to recommend long-term care insurance to your clients. What do you do? |
Financial Advisor
January 2009
Allen Hamm |
Read Carefully Big improvements have come to long-term care insurance, but financial advisors need to be aware that some policies still contain unacceptable restrictions for accessing benefits. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Marlene Y. Satter |
And Another Thing. . . Genworth Financial, in addition to launching Total Living Coverage Annuity, its hybrid annuity/LTC policy, has also brought out another annuity that acts more or less as a CD alternative. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Can You Afford This Bailout? Companies including MetLife, Manulife Financial's John Hancock division, and Genworth Financial have increased long-term care premiums -- increases that many policyholders never expected to see. |
Investment Advisor
June 2009
Marlene Y. Satter |
Saving Grace You made sure your clients had all the right protection; then insurance became a minefield. What now? |
Financial Advisor
May 2007
Tracey Longo |
Unfulfilled Promises? With LTC insurance sales down in 2006, here's what some financial planners are doing to pick up the pace. |
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Ben Mattlin |
Long-Term Headache What the recent convulsions in the long-term care insurance business mean to you. |
Registered Rep.
March 11, 2011
Mark Miller |
Navigating the Long-Term Care Minefield Long-term care insurance is a tough market to navigate -- for clients and planners alike. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2007
Buz Livingston |
Hillary, Obama, and Long-Term Care Perhaps instead of grandstanding with the GAO, Senators Obama and Clinton would better serve the country if they urged federal guidelines for LTC policies. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Melanie Waddell |
LTC Payouts: $3.5 Billion in '07 Approximately 180,000 Americans with long-term care insurance policies were paid benefits in 2007, according to a new study. |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
Howard Gleckman |
Providing For Your Own Care Long-term care insurance is getting even more pricey, so shop carefully. |
Financial Advisor
March 2007 |
Advisor Emporium Penn Treaty Launches LTC Program... Thornburg International Growth Fund Introduced... Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund Reopens... ESI, FundQuest Offer UMA Product... BNY Introduces Reverse Mortgage... etc. |
Registered Rep.
January 18, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Insurers Raising Premiums, Changing Terms on Long-term Care Policies If you're selling long-term care insurance to clients, it's best to stay away from carriers with a history of raising premiums or discontinuing other types of insurance coverage. |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Robert Barker |
GE's Insurance Offspring: A Good Risk? General Electric plans to sell 30% of Genworth Financial in an initial public offering. |
CFO
May 1, 2007
Marie Leone |
Long-term Thinking While sorting through LTC insurance options is not easy, the unpredictability of one's future needs makes this coverage worth investigating. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: A Wider Embrace of LTC Same-sex benefits are now offered to federal employees. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2011
Zeeshan Siddique |
Massive Mortgage Losses Make PMI Group Miserable Losing big may keep the company from issuing new policies. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Marlene Y. Satter |
Easy Rider Redux Advisors might find a tough subject easier to broach with clients. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Janet Arrowood |
The Advisor's Safety Net: LTC Insurance While boomer-aged clients are in the process of shifting from asset-accumulation to asset-withdrawal mode, advisors need to discuss long-term care insurance. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2007
Emil Lee |
Genworth Has Another Worthy Quarter Genworth's stock has nearly doubled since the insurance company was spun off from General Electric, and recent results continue to give credence to the theory that spinoffs are some of the most lucrative investments. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Marlene Y. Satter |
Half Empty, Half Full? It's a mixed bag of news for the long-term care insurance industry. |
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: Insurance Multitasking Long-term care insurance is frequently a hard sell, until people are older and often ineligible for coverage. Planners thus may be interested in a multifaceted strategy that answers several needs at once. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
Tom Riekse Jr. |
Care for the Caregivers Caregivers -- a high percentage of whom are women -- begin thinking about the impact that health problems could have on their family. Financial planners should know how to address their concerns. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2011
Zeeshan Siddique |
Mortgage Losses Weigh Down Genworth's Profits Genworth feels the pain. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Carol Marie Cropper |
A Combo Policy For Long-Term Care Life insurance with an accelerated benefits rider can be used to cover the cost of nursing homes if the policyholder needs it for long term care. |
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Dorothy Hinchcliff |
To Buy Or Not To Buy? That's still a big question for clients when it comes to long-term care insurance. |
Entrepreneur
August 2006
Jacquelyn Lynn |
A Step Ahead Consider offering employees long-term care insurance. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Why The Affluent Need LTC Insurance The high cost of health care was the second chief concern of wealthy Americans in a recent Northern Trust survey. |
Investment Advisor
April 2010
Ron Pechtimaldjian |
Economy Alters Buys of LTC Insurance The age of purchasers of long-term care insurance in 2009 increased for the 55-and-older group over 2008. |
Inc.
September 2003
Alison Stein Wellner |
A Small Price to Pay Long-term care coverage makes growing old a little bit easier. |
Insurance & Technology
November 24, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Genworth Financial's European Operations Complete Migration to Single IT Platform The pan-European consolidation initiative involved migrating 15 million client policies, billing and claims data amounting to 2 billion rows or three terabytes of data from five separate systems to a single TIA Technology policy administration system. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement News Retirement planning news from the House Education and Labor Committee, from the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, and Jefferson National. |
Registered Rep.
April 13, 2012
Mark Miller |
A Vexing Retirement Planning Problem? Predicting Health Care Costs What worries your clients most about their prospects for achieving a secure retirement? The cost of health care. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Zeeshan Siddique |
Genworth Continues to Disappoint Genworth reports losses as mortgage business continues to suffer. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
When to Buy Long-Term Care Insurance Long-term care insurance pays out financial benefits to help you pay the expenses of nursing homes and home health care. Should you buy now, wait, or just skip the whole thing? |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Mary Quist-Newins |
Double Jeopardy One of the main decisions your client must make is whether to buy LTC insurance. Women are in double jeopardy here because they are often both caregivers and receivers. This double jeopardy presents significant financial dangers. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
Roy C. Goldberg |
A New Take on Long-Term Care Advisors too often try to sell LTC insurance by scaring their clients to get their attention. Instead, we could better present the insurance as a risk management tool, a part of their overall financial plan to secure their retirement income and protect their estate planning distribution plans. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Who's Buying Now? Sometimes, insiders are buying for all the right reasons. Who's at it this week? Emeritus... Enterprise Products Partners... Equity One... Penn Treaty American... etc. |
Insurance & Technology
September 15, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
McKay Unites Process And Tech at Genworth Genworth Financial has united responsibility for both technology and process in the person of Scott McKay, CIO and senior vice president of operations and quality. |
Financial Advisor
May 3, 2010 |
Frontline News News: CFP Board Posts Anonymous Case Histories... Rx Needed For Long-Term Health Care Companies... Plan Ahead To Cushion Medicare Surtax... Estate Planning? More Americans Say 'No Thanks'... Investors Seek More Advice... more... |
