life insurance policy

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  Top Portfolio Products: New Target Volatility Portfolio From Fidelity

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 10, 2013

  New products introduced over the last week include a new target volatility portfolio by Fidelity and a new emerging-markets local debt portfolio from Invesco PowerShares.

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  Health Care and Taxes, Pt. 2: Long-Term Care Insurance

  By Tax Facts Online  |  March 13, 2013

  The experts at Tax Facts Online discuss whether long-term care insurance premiums are tax deductible.

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  Protecting Life Insurance Beneficiaries From a Windfall

  By William H. Byrnes, Esq., Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M.  |  March 5, 2013

  Do your clients want to control how their beneficiaries get death benefits? A new trend in product offerings may be of service.

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  Selected Provisions of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

  By Tax Facts Online  |  March 4, 2013

  The experts of Tax Facts have produced this comprehensive analysis of selected provisions of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the Act) to provide the most up-to-date information to our subscribers. This supplement analyzes important changes to the tax code with emphasis on how these developments impact Tax Facts’ major areas of focus: Employee Benefits, Insurance, and Investments.

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  The Life Insurance College Savings Bank

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  February 27, 2013

  Your clients may not be aware of the possibility of using life insurance as a college savings tool.

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  What Makes a Smart Insurance Consumer?

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  January 17, 2013

  A survey by LIMRA found most consumers have a limited understanding of life insurance and identified what factors make for an informed consumer.

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  Fiscal Cliff Law: Clients’ Taxes, What’s Next, and How to Plan

  By William H. Byrnes, Esq., Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M.  |  January 4, 2013

  All you need to know about the American Taxpayer Relief Act—both good and bad—and how it will affect your clients and their planning.

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  Warning on VAs to Advisors: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  December 10, 2012

  Glenn Daily, insurance expert and variable annuity dissenter, says the complexity of these products’ guaranteed benefits is beyond most advisors’ ability to assess.

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  The Life Insurance Fiscal Cliff: No Tax Preference Is Safe

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  December 6, 2012

  The potential elimination of many tax preferences currently afforded life insurance is one facet of today’s fiscal cliff discussions that is often overlooked. In today’s political environment, no tax preference is safe.

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  Maximizing Charitable Giving Through Universal Life Insurance

  By William H. Byrnes, Esq., Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M.  |  October 23, 2012

  Avoiding the complications of estate taxation and the U.S. probate system may be key reasons to allow high-net-worth foreign clients to include sizable charitable donations in their estate planning.