12th January 2007
There are big changes coming to retirement plans.
In August 2006, President Bush signed into law the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA). This law affects both employee funded plans such as 401(k)s and traditional defined benefit pension plans.
Con...
11th January 2007
Many retirees, especially we baby boomers, want to retire from their careers yet become involved in other areas such as social and health services.
Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are starting to retire, and they want to make remarkable contributi...
11th January 2007
WASHINGTON - More than 1/3 of U.S. residents contacted indicated they would turn to family and friends for long term care, a new survey shows.
That is the feeling, should the situation arise, among 39 percent of the 1,025 adults polled by the Life and ...
15th December 2006
Prominent long term care insurance carrier Penn Treaty recently announced that it will discontinue offering the "unlimited lifetime" benefit option on all new policy forms as of 1/1/2007. Will other insurance companies follow suit? We think so, as the i...
17th November 2006
Copyright 2006 Clay Cotton
Long term care insurance is an obvious ?must-have' for Americans with assets and families to protect and with discretionary income to afford the premiums. While Suze Orman publicly promotes this coverage as the foundation of...
25th September 2006
Copyright 2006 Clay Cotton
When you consider a life long relationship with a Long Term Care Insurance company, you want to rest in the comfort of knowing that you have settled on a company with the highest possible ratings and reputation. After all, y...