health insurance

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  How Your Clients Can Shield Their Assets From Lawsuits

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 26, 2012

  Frivolous lawsuits are proliferating in a bad economy, says attorney Hillel Presser. The goal therefore is to own nothing, but control everything...

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  High-Ticket Item: Is the CFP Board's Awareness Campaign Working?

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  November 20, 2012

  Will the CFP Board’s $40 million public awareness campaign really drive investors to financial planners? The data so far seems encouraging.

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  Simpson, Bowles: To Fix Fiscal House, ‘We Need Patriots, Not Panderers’

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  November 16, 2012

  Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles’ blunt, tough message on fixing the fiscal mess gets a warm reception among Schwab Impact attendees.

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  SEC Enforcement Roundup: BP to Pay Third Largest Penalty in SEC History

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 16, 2012

  As part of the $4.5 billion settlement with the U.S., BP admitted to misleading investors about the rate of the oil flow in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

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  What’s Next for IRS and Tax Planning? Commissioner’s Remarks Offer Some Hints

  By Richard Niles, J.D., Senior Editor, Tax Facts Online  |  November 14, 2012

  Douglas Shulman’s farewell speech at AICPA conference suggests what advisors and clients may expect from the IRS in the near future.

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  Obama vs. Romney: 6 Key Differences on Health Care

  By Allison Bell, LifeHealthPro  |  October 25, 2012

  The two candidates engage in platform-to-platform combat over the future of commercial insurance, Medicare and Medicaid.

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  Critical Illness Riders: Life Insurance Protection for the Living

  By William H. Byrnes, Esq., Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M.  |  October 5, 2012

  A new twist on the traditional life insurance policy that protects against expenses incurred because of critical illnesses is attracting clients’ interest once again.

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  After Election, Tax Preferences for Retirement, Health Benefits Likely on Chopping Block

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 28, 2012

  “Benefit plan tax incentives are an area of total and complete volatility, and neither employers nor workers can have any certainty of what lies ahead,” warned EBRI head Dallas Salisbury.

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  HSAs Losing Luster Under Obamacare

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  July 27, 2012

  HSAs are about to lose much of their value under the PPACA, which will impose minimum reimbursement rates on all health insurance plans—ensuring that premiums for high-deductible plans will increase.

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  Financial Freedom Is Not Free

  By Andrew Rice, Money Management Services  |  July 24, 2012

  As our country approaches the fiscal cliff, can we afford to have the financially responsible segment of our society pay for the other 50% of our society?