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For the past year, I have been discussing various courses that financial professionals might complete. But, what happens after one has completed the CLU and the ChFC? What would be the next logical step in increasing educational value? For many the answer is the CFP.
Thanks to the millions of dollars the CFP Board of Standards
This article is a continuation of my series reviewing the courses required for the CPCU designation from the American Institute of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters. As I reviewed the material of the CPCU 530 program, I wondered how an insurance agent would benefit from studying this course. What does an insurance agent need to know about the legal environment of insurance?
Meet new agent Harry Rockway, known to his friends and associates as Rocky. Today Rocky is starting his
What would it feel like to improve a senior's life? How would you feel if something you could do would improve someone else's life by 3 percent? What might that be, and what might that mean to someone? What kind of value would they put on that, and what kind of value would you put on your ability to improve many lives, even if by only a small percentage?
Some people know better than others that they're benefiting someone's life - doctors come instantly to mind, but so do teachers, police
The defined benefit world is not afraid to reinvent itself, and one idea gaining momentum entails pension plan mergers.
"We are seeing more opportunities for and different scenarios of DB mergers," Joseph Hicks, Jr., a managing consultant at Pennsylvania-based Savitz Organization, Inc. told attendees yesterday at the 53rd Annual International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans Conference in Anaheim, California.
Simply put, a merge means consolidating the assets and liabilities
America's senior citizens control a disproportionate amount of the nation's wealth, but so few of them use their money as wisely as possible. That spells enormous opportunity for agents and financial planners who can win their trust and provide the products and services they so truly need.
On the one hand, most seniors play it too "safe" with their investments, investing too heavily in low-yielding bank accounts that provide no possibility for growth and no tax advantages. While this
