Blogs

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  What my mother taught me about health care

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 17, 2013

  I could report and write about health care all day long — which, oh yea, I do — but my cancer survivor mother has taught me more about it than anyone else.

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  “Star Trek” premiere and the problem with “fiduciary”

  By Chris Carosa  |  May 17, 2013

  If being a fiduciary is all about building trust, what happens when no one trusts the word fiduciary?

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  What’s the most creative marketing technique ever?

  By Daniel Williams  |  May 17, 2013

  Consumers recently chimed in to tell us what have been the most creative marketing techniques they’ve ever encountered when being sold annuities and insurance.

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  Disability Insurance Observer: The lottery

  By Allison Bell  |  May 17, 2013

  Instead of feeling depressed about the idiocy, why not harness its mind-numbing power?

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  Medicaid life settlements could bring relief

  By Robin S. Weinberger and Peter N. Katz  |  May 17, 2013

  State proposals could help elderly patients forced to shed their life insurance policies.

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  Advisors matter

  By Robert A. Kerzner  |  May 16, 2013

  Almost 80 percent of Americans who work with an advisor save for retirement versus 43 percent who don't. This single stat is your raison d'etre.

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  LTCI Watch: Stockton

  By Allison Bell  |  May 16, 2013

  Those folks' boat leaks -- but your boat leaks, too.

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  Buffett

  By Richard Hoe  |  May 16, 2013

  Why I'm a fan of Berkshire Hathaway.

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  The market was working

  By Bill Boswell  |  May 15, 2013

  PPACA is wrecking successful grassroots efforts to fix the health insurance system, an agent says.

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  Skating after the annuity puck

  By Stan Haithcock  |  May 15, 2013

  Too many agents run to the next “shiny thing” in sales. But is that how they should build their business?