Bureau of Labor Statistics

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  Death takes a policy: How a lawyer exploited the fine print and found himself facing Federal charges

  By Jake Bernstein, ProPublica  |  September 20, 2012

  Society has long frowned on certain behaviors. Taking out an insurance policy on a friend or neighbor and killing them? Not acceptable. Taking out a life insurance policy that gambles your neighbor will die soon, even without your help, also crosses the line.

• Maximizing modest legacies

  By Hugh F. Smart, J.D,. CLU, ChFC  |  September 1, 2012

  Income, not estate, taxes are likely a bigger problem for clients who plan to leave a modest legacy. If a client’s estate is tied up in an IRA, consider these steps to limit the tax blow for future beneficiaries.

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  4 Reasons Why Your Clients Can Never Really Retire, Part 2

  By David C. Lewis  |  August 8, 2012

  While it's impossible to succeed at traditional retirement planning, it's not impossible to make a financial plan.

• Keeping the biggest secret in the U.S. economy (NPR)

  By Staff Writer  |  August 3, 2012

  The BLS report on the number of jobs gained or added from the previous month is one of the most anticipated and most closely guarded secrets up until its release on the first Friday of every month.

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  What an AP Columnist Is Telling Consumers About Disability Insurance

  By David Carpenter, AP Personal Finance Writer  |  July 25, 2012

  An advice columnist for a big, nonprofit news cooperative says overlooking the need for income protection can be costly.

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  8 Things a Divorce Attorney Won't Tell You

  By Michael Ham  |  July 19, 2012

  Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. It's like an amputation: You survive it, but there’s less of you.

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  Inflation Sedation

  By David Vogel, CFP  |  June 1, 2012

  The price of just about everything seems to keep creeping up — and it’s hurting your clients’ investments. Fixed or fixed indexed annuities might be able to help.

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  Disability Insurance Observer: Head Coverage

  By Allison Bell  |  April 30, 2012

  Workers are about as likely to have imaginary group disability benefits as they are to have the real thing.

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  A Cure for Inflation? Fixed Indexed Annuities.

  By Dave Vogel  |  April 24, 2012

  The price of just about everything seems to keep creeping up—and it’s hurting your clients’ investments. Fixed or fixed indexed annuities might be able to help.

• Gen Y Faces Retirement as a Go-It-Alone Affair (CNBC)

  By Staff Writer  |  April 23, 2012

  Unemployment, student loans among obstacles between Gen Y and saving for retirement.