purchase long-term care insurance

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  Are Annuities the Solution to Old 4% Retirement Rule?

  By William H. Byrnes, Esq., Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M.  |  February 12, 2013

  For years, the 4% rule provided the baseline from which advisors launched retirement strategies, but those strategies simply aren’t cutting it any more. Enter annuities with some attractive riders.

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  Six Long-Term Care Lessons

  By Mathew Greenwald  |  March 26, 2012

  A recent survey by John Hancock provides insights on a key area that advisors should try to address more directly: the failure of most people to prepare for the financial risk associated with the need for long-term care.

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  Americans in Denial About Need for Long-Term Care: Study

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  November 2, 2011

  Looks like long-term care is still a source of confusion if not outright denial for most Americans.

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  GAO Releases First Study of Long-Term Care Insurance

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 10, 2011

  A Government Accounting Office study of long-term care insurance finds that nearly half of government employees who had purchased coverage chose to accept a rate increase rather than accept reduced benefits.