Insurance
How much life insurance is enough? Which type would be best for your family's situation? And what about getting adequate, affordable health care? We give you information you need to be a smart shopper.
Knowledge is power. When it comes to buying life insurance, acquiring a little extra knowledge could save you thousands of dollars. Now that's powerful.
The government takeover of teetering insurance titan AIG is focusing attention on the financial health of insurance companies. How healthy is your insurer?
SMI's go-to guy for insurance matters offers 10 insights he's gleaned during his three decades in the business, and explains why he thinks a fee-based insurance checkup is almost always money well spent.
Statistics indicate those 65 and older face a 70% chance of someday spending at least some time in a nursing home. With the cost of that care averaging $73,000 per year, long-term care insurance has become an increasingly prominent retirement issue.
How does your progress through SMI's Four Levels affect the approach you should take to insurance and other financial planning questions? Financial planner Dan Hardt connects the dots for us.
How would you like to earn a 15% return on your savings this year? That's right, the same savings currently earning less than 4% in your money market account. We explain how this opportunity for big returns exists year after year.
Life insurance feels like the ultimate Catch-22 to many people. If you use it, it means you're dead. If you don't use it, you've spent a bunch of money on premiums with nothing to show for it. It's no surprise then that a policy promising to return all your premiums if you're still alive when it expires would attract a lot of interest from consumers. But is it really a better option than what's been available all along?
