The age of long term care insurance purchasers continues to skew downward as more baby boomers buy policies.
While financial planning software has helped streamline operations, experts encourage advisers to keep the client experience in mind.
Managed-futures funds, which finished 2008 as one of the best-performing alternative strategies, hit a bump in January.
A client wants to pay off his mortgage with a retirement account distribution and is wondering about the short- and long-term financial ramifications.
Smith Barney, facing a rising number of broker departures from its branches, this month hit four ex-reps and a rival broker-dealer with a lawsuit.
Hard times are on the horizon for insurers as commercial mortgage exposure haunts carriers and capital levels shrink, according to Fitch.
The Fed has forecasted an inflation rate of less than 1% this year and less than 1.7% for 2010 and 2011.
Insurers have begun bidding for American Life Insurance Co., the life insurance unit of American International Group Inc.
