June 26, 2020
Term Life Insurance: What Policy Holders Need to Know
While working with our life settlement clients we have found that life insurance, with all its variations and types and riders, can be confusing. Here are five things every term life insurance policy holder needs to know about their policy:
June 12, 2020
New Study Shows Pandemic’s Impact on Retirement Planning
A new study by Personal Capital released at the end of May explores the scope of the financial impact of COVID-19 on both…
May 29, 2020
New Study Shows Gender Pay Gap Persists Even in Retirement
A new study by the National Institute for Retirement Security (NIRS) shows a troubling financial picture for American women in their retirement years. While the Gender Pay Gap has been talked about more frequently in recent years – the fact that over the course of their respective carriers, women are paid less than men for their work – we now know that the Gender Pay Gap extends into retirement as well. As of 2019, women earned $0.79 for every dollar men made and the NIRS study found that in retirement women receive approximately 80% of the retirement income that their male counterparts receive, effectively mirroring the Pay Gap.
May 15, 2020
What You Need to Know: COVID-19 and your Life Insurance Policy
Life insurance is important protection for many Americans and help us protect our families, and in most cases, the pandemic won’t effect a future death benefit claim on your existing policy. To reassure their customers, insurers like Haven Life have made pertinent information available on their website in a Coronavirus FAQ. The first question they answer?
April 17, 2020
In Uncertain Times, Life Settlements are Providing a Safe Harbor
It is no exaggeration to say that we are in dire, if not unprecedented times as we weather the novel coronavirus pandemic. Even when the risk of the virus spreading has subsided, we will have to deal with the economic repercussions.
April 5, 2020
Could Covid-19 Pandemic Upend Senior’s Retirement Plans?
A new study by economic professors Olivier Coibon of the University of Texas at Austin, Yuriy Gorodnichenko of the University of California at Berkeley, and finance professor Michael Weber of the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business shows a troubling trend that they gleaned from a series of surveys conducted over January and April of this year. Alarmingly, the data shows a job loss rate perhaps much higher than thought, and the employment to population ratio has dropped a staggering 7%. What does this mean for senior retirement?
April 3, 2020
COVID-19 PSA: Five Things You Can Do
The World Health Organization and Google recently released a public service announcement listing five things we all can do to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
March 13, 2020
5 Costly (and Avoidable) Retirement Mistakes
The Federal Reserve Board reports that only 40% of Americans can cover an unexpected $400 expense, proving just how challenging saving has become for many Americans. Unfortunately, in terms of retirement, saving is the name of the game. See five mistakes that can be avoided!
February 28, 2020
Five Benefits of a Life Insurance Policy During Retirement
Entering into your retirement years is a time that many (if not all) people reassess their assets and financial plans in order to ensure our golden years are secure. All too often, during that review a life insurance policy starts to look more like a liability given the typical life changes (the family is grown, the mortgage is on track or even paid off) at this stage in life. This is especially true when the likelihood of increasing life insurance premiums and healthcare costs looming on the horizon are considered. But here are five compelling reasons to keep that life policy in-force, when possible:
February 15, 2020
Elder Abuse in America – The Numbers Are In
New data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that in 2018 there were over 282,000 cases of elder abuse reported. Among the types of abuse reported were neglect (37,677 cases), financial exploitation (33,685 cases), emotional abuse (25,321 cases), physical abuse (20,406 cases), and “other” (17,606); but the largest category unfortunately was self-neglect which eclipsed the preceding five categories combined at 144,296 cases reported. This startling figure has been on the rise in recent years, and these were only the cases which were reported.