Various rules apply for spouses, ex-spouses and survivors; did you expect anything different?
More advisers are now considering it but some want the practice banned.
But misunderstandings about the national program abound; poor planning can leave retirees in a bad place
Costs for long-term-care insurance are headed for the stratosphere. Mary Beth Franklin says alternative strategies may be a better deal for some clients.
But critics question whether younger workers should even be buying annuities
After Madison Dearborn deal, Douglas Hammond takes over.
A weak year for the IBD channel accentuated the value of steady income
Study finds people happier with lower return and guarantee than higher return only.
Deal includes acquisition of Axa's MONY Life Insurance, reinsuring a block of life policies.
Industry watchers say acquisitive broker-dealer Cetera may be eying two of the insurer's B-Ds.
Appeals court rules against tycoon and athletic boosters in insurance case; 'not Cowboy's first rodeo'
State court case dismissed three months after federal judge denied bid to recoup $33 million in charitable life insurance program for university's athletics department
Regulators today fired a warning shot about the sale of inappropriate products to veterans seeking to qualify for military pensions. One report says some advisers have been prospecting in assisted-living facilities.
Stan Druckenmiller says rising entitlement costs, unsustainable spending will have dire consequences.
