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  The CFP Board’s CE Proposal: Real Strategies to Improve Continuing Ed

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  May 21, 2013

  In the second of a three-post series on the CFP Board’s proposal to offer continuing education itself, some modest proposals to really improve CE, along with a warning on how the Board’s proposal is rife with conflicts of interest.

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  Is Risk of More Expensive LTC Insurance Rising or Falling? Pt. 2

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  November 1, 2012

  Although the popular press has widely blamed rising long-term care insurance premiums on "unexpected" claims, the reality is that the rising cost of care has played only a limited role.

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  Is Risk of More Expensive LTC Insurance Rising or Falling? Pt. 1

  By Michael E. Kitces  |  October 25, 2012

  As the LTC insurance industry continues to suffer, planners and clients have both become increasingly skeptical about LTC insurance.

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  Nothing Personal: Insurance for Protecting Your Assets

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2012

  Personal guarantee insurance (PGI) provides business owners the opportunity to protect a percentage of personal assets even if they are signing a personal guarantee for a business loan.