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Consumers and professionals with an interest in long term care insurance need no longer dig so hard for information. Now they can do as the pros do: have the information come to them, in bits and pieces as it develops....
(Send2Press Newswire)
Representatives Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Charles Boustany (R-LA), and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) on April 24 introduced legislation to expand access to long-term care insurance and strengthen consumer protections of these insurance products. The Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2009 would permit long-term care insurance to be included in employer-sponsored cafeteria plans and flexible spending accounts, enabling people to pay long-term care insurance premiums using pre-tax dollars.....
(Citrus Daily)
Jonas Roeser, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Operations of LTC Financial Partners, LLC (LTCFP), has been chosen to be a judge in round 1 of the 2009 International DMA ECHO Awards....
(PR Newswire)
The high cost of long-term health care will drag down the quality of life for nearly two-thirds of today’s retirees. It can cost $77,000 a year for a nursing home room and $20,000 for in-home care, expenses that many people are ill-prepared to absorb, said the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. A new analysis shows that when the cost of health care and long-term care is included, 64 percent of retirees likely will be unable to maintain the lifestyle they had before retirement....
(David Pitt, Associated Press)
Q: "My sister says our family should begin elaborate 'Medicaid planning' to shelter our elderly parents' assets and make them look poor enough to qualify for government-paid nursing-home assistance, even though they're in good health today. I think this is unethical. What do you think?" See Knight Kiplinger's answer....
(Kiplinger's Personal Finance, in The Washington Post)
In reality, by not allocating funds for long-term care insurance you are placing at risk everything that you have worked for. That includes your retirement account, home equity, savings and investments.
(CourierPostOnline)
If you're approaching retirement, finding safety for your investments -- especially in this environment -- isn't as easy as locking your money away.
(MSNBC)
The weak economy is prompting many to look at their financial-stability buffers. Several readers have inquired about how to make informed purchases of long-term care (LTC) insurance....
(DailyBreeze)
In a development that should draw smiles from President Obama, this month LTC Financial Partners LLC (LTCFP), one of the nation's most experienced long term care insurance agencies, will pay its shareholders $1,228,820 in dividends, an increase of 10-percent per share over last year.
(InsuranceNewsnet)
The costs of long-term care continue to increase, with many families footing the bill by reaching into home equity, retirement savings and personal finances to a greater extent than previously thought, according to a recent study ....
(Senior-Spectrum)
John Hancock is launching a set of needs-based marketing and prospecting tools to help financial representatives reach out to consumers and grow their long-term care insurance business. Included are new brochures, new direct mail tools such as letters and postcards, as well as seminar materials.
(PRNewswire)
When Northwestern Mutual asked people to let their worries go as part of an engaging interactive website, more than 42,000 visitors to the site chose Health & Fitness as their top concern. Based on these votes, the Northwestern Mutual Foundation has decided to contribute $400,000 to Activate America(R), the YMCA's response to the nation's health crisis ... Northwestern Mutual and its subsidiaries offer a holistic approach to financial security solutions including: life insurance, long-term care insurance, and other products.
(PRNewswire)
Out of your pocket, Medicaid, long-term care insurance, and a reverse mortgage. Which is right for you?.
(U.S.News & World Report)
LTC policies are complicated, and timing is tricky. But they may be a sound purchase for some people, consumer advocates say. Seven key factors should be taken into account.
(U.S.News & World Repor)
As the need for long term care insurance grows, agents and allied professionals face the challenge of reaching prospective clients efficiently and with a high level of professionalism. And the public faces the challenge of finding qualified agents in their geographic area. A new organization will aid the pros as well as the public: the Long Term Care Insurance Guild, or LTC Guild for short.
(Insurance NewsNet)
Long-term care financing is the 800-pound gorilla of social problems waiting just around the next bend in public policy.... Will Health Reform Include Long-Term Care? In a word: No.
(Gerson Lehrman Group)
More individuals are willing to pay privately for long-term care services than previously thought, authors of a new study assert.
(McKnights)
A study of over 250,000 individuals who purchased long-term care insurance last year reveals the significant benefit of starting the planning process in your 50s, prior to reaching retirement age. The research was conducted by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI).
(BigNews)
Suppose you are living the American Dream: you own a house and you have saved enough for a comfortable retirement. You have children and your children have children. Then a bad thing happens ...
(Daily News Tribune, Waltham, MA)
"Purchases of long-term care insurance and life insurance are often driven by emotion, and that's not smart," says Frank Boucher, a certified financial planner at Boucher Financial Planning Services in Reston, Va. "It's really important to understand all of the provisions of ... policies and balance them against ... expected needs."
(TheDay)