Blogs

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  Once more unto the soup?

  By David A. Saltzman  |  May 22, 2013

  Markets without consumers soon become extinct.

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  On the Third Hand: Unbanked

  By Allison Bell  |  May 21, 2013

  If only the PPACA enrollers could sign people up for free checking accounts.

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  Obamacare: They're missing the point

  By Bob Vineyard  |  May 20, 2013

  A longtime agent says the MLR issue is a red herring.

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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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  Lobbyists: Don't forget about the fiduciary standard

  By Brian Anderson  |  May 17, 2013

  Industry lobbying efforts remain strong on the tax treatment of life insurance issue, but what about the fiduciary standard?

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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.