Blogs

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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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  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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  Beware of target-date funds

  By Ronald L. Delegge  |  May 15, 2013

  Almost one in four 401(k) participants invest solely in TDFs, yet flaws with these types of investments abound.

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  On the Third Hand: The boy who cried rate shock

  By Allison Bell  |  May 14, 2013

  "Chicken Little" is one good basic text for PPACA watchers. "Peter and the Wolf" is another.

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  Words of advice from a real pro

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  May 13, 2013

  Professional women hold just 17 percent of the nation's top leadership positions. Here's how to change that.

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  Master of puppets

  By Bill Coffin  |  May 13, 2013

  Ray Harryhausen's special effects wizardry still amazes, even long after it stopped being state of the art.

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  The evolution of consumer-driven health care

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 10, 2013

  Though there’s no denying consumer driven health care's growing popularity, there’s still a lot of work to be done.

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  Nontraditional voluntary benefits

  By Elizabeth Halkos  |  May 10, 2013

  You're already coping with change by adding life and disability products. What about purchasing programs?

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  For fiduciary advocates only

  By Chris Carosa  |  May 9, 2013

  The already jaded consumer can only conclude the debate over fiduciary standard vs. suitability standard is nothing more than Madison Avenue sloganeering.

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  New York's worst estate planning failure, ever

  By Bill Coffin  |  May 8, 2013

  Roman Blum died without bequeathing his vast fortune to anyone or anything. How is that even possible?