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Financial Advisor January 2012 Ben Mattlin |
Health-Care Contingencies These days, retirement planning isn't complete without a healthy dose of health-care planning. |
Financial Advisor May 2008 David J. Drucker |
The Inconvenient Truth About Health Insurance Health insurance has become one more area of planning that finds itself on a growing list of risks advisors aren't adequately addressing in their clients' financial plans. |
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. |
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. |
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 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. |
Financial Advisor January 2011 Ben Mattlin |
Long-Term Headache What the recent convulsions in the long-term care insurance business mean to you. |
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. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 Suzanne Sataline |
Code Blue? Many financial planners say their physician clients are fretting that they won't have enough money saved to retire on schedule, and that their savings won't hold through their elderly years. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Joan Warner |
What's Next for Medicare Is America's retirement healthcare plan really in trouble? Here's some good news -- and some hard decisions for your financial advisory clients. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Are Your Clients Covered? Today's healthcare system demands vigilance from consumers and planners alike. Some financial planners are taking on the complex, expensive market for individual health insurance. And they're finding solutions. |
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? |
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. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2005 Russell Wild |
Worst-Case Scenario If we ask ourselves (and we need to ask ourselves) what financial planners can do to protect the assets of a client from serious illness or injury, the first two items on the list are clear: Adequate health insurance and a good disability policy. |
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 Planning December 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Prudent Policy Agents should help their clients reevaluate their insurance policies at the end of every year. |
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. |
Financial Advisor October 2007 Tracey Longo |
Preventive Medicine A special report on how more financial advisors are helping clients consider the impact of sky-rocketing health-care costs on retirement. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise As more and more affluent clients start managing their medical costs, financial advisors may be asked to provide a second opinion on the choices. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 David E. Adler |
Your Retiring Clients' Biggest Fear How to pay for healthcare is the single biggest concern that people have approaching retirement. It's important for planners to understand this as well; not only for clients, but for themselves. |
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Howard Gleckman |
Providing For Your Own Care Long-term care insurance is getting even more pricey, so shop carefully. |
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. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Joseph A. Tomlinson |
Is Long-Term Care Insurance Worth It? It requires a big investment of time for advisors to learn enough about long-term-care insurance to be helpful to clients. |
Registered Rep. February 13, 2015 Mark Miller |
Planning for Alzheimer's Carolyn McClanahan probably pays more attention to her clients' health than the typical financial planner. |
Registered Rep. January 2, 2013 Kevin McKinley |
Mapping the Medicare Maze Advisors can shed some much-appreciated light on this crucial but confusing program. |
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. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Schroeder et al. |
Long-Term Care Redefined As clients live longer, they increasingly need forms of assistance that aren't adequately covered by long-term-care insurance, and the cost of such assistance could easily torpedo the best-laid retirement and estate plans. |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Understanding Medicare: Benefits Medical coverage for seniors is a big part of a strong retirement-protection plan. |
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. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
HSAs Determining how to procure vital health insurance without breaking clients' bankbooks has become a challenge for financial planners. Are these low-priced insurance plans the new prescription for rising healthcare costs? |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
You'll Pay More for This Must-Have Protection Long-term care insurance is becoming harder to afford. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2006 Joan Warner |
A Prescription for Planners As clients assume a growing burden for healthcare costs, financial advisers will have to figure this expense into financial plans -- building more uncertainty and competing goals into the mix. |
Financial Advisor October 2011 Ben Mattlin |
Caretaker Challenges Clients who care for aging parents need more than financial and tax help from advisors. |
Financial Advisor 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. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
Healthcare Without Medicare For many under-65 retirees, the most important question for them to think about is "How's your health?" |
Financial Advisor March 2004 Marla Brill |
Will Health Savings Accounts Have A Market? new way to pay for health care that combines an insurance component with an intriguing savings kicker was introduced by the Medicare Reform Act in December. Health savings accounts (HSAs) are designed to help individuals save for qualified medical and retiree health expenses on a tax-favored basis. |
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. |
Financial Planning May 31, 2006 |
Mailbox Letters to the editor: Conditional Love?... HSAs and Long-Term Care... The Perfect Elevator Speech... |
Financial Planning April 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Front and Center With baby boomer clients entering the age of Medicare, it will become increasingly important for planners to keep up with the inevitable new wrinkles. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Henry K Hebeler |
The Care Bear Most working people and even professional planners fail to see medical insurance premiums and uninsured healthcare costs as a looming disaster for many retirees. But it is a growing and major concern. |
Financial Advisor April 2006 Karen DeMasters |
Mission Critical Here's how financial advisors can help small businesses find affordable health insurance plans. |
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? |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Grab a Piece of This $11 Million Despite its industry's current turbulence, there's a good chance you'll need long-term care insurance. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Karen DeMasters |
Long-Term Scares As premiums for long-term care insurance go up and more large providers pull out of the market all together, the landscape for long-term care insurance is changing dramatically. |
Registered Rep. July 18, 2011 Alan Lavine |
Considering Life Insurance for Single Clients More than half -- 54 percent of single men and 58 percent of single women -- lack life insurance coverage. |
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. |
Financial Advisor November 2010 David Armes |
What To Expect Understanding upcoming health-care reforms. |