Retirement & Financial Planning Report

If you’re interested in cash value life insurance, you should know that whole life and universal life insurance are designed …More

Longer working careers are correlated with longer life expectancy, says a study which however adds numerous caveats including that the …More

One valuable feature of the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program is its more generous rules regarding coverage in retirement, …More

The Office of Personnel Management has said it wants to create a “modern retirement experience” for current and future federal …More

Directly owned real estate may prove to be a wealth builder. If you own a solid property, chances are that …More

Bills are before Congress to enhance retirement savings opportunities in programs such as the Thrift Savings Plan, including opportunities to …More

If you are thinking of leaving government without immediate eligibility for an annuity, you’ll have a choice of whether to …More

Buying long-term care (LTC) insurance at the right age can help you cut the cost of this coverage. Generally, the …More

Results of a TSP participant survey conducted last fall suggest several potential features to add to the program, according to …More

Six-tenths of TSP account holders are confident that they are on track to have enough income to support a comfortable …More

While the loss of a parent is a great loss for children to bear, the federal government has made life …More

When you hear investment professionals speak of “cash,” they’re not talking about paper money in your wallet. Instead, they mean …More

Basic insurance under the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance program is term insurance. It has no cash value; its value …More

A bill (HR-2062) that recently passed through the House could result in an increase of 5 to 10 percent in …More

The pandemic has generally not changed retiree confidence in living comfortably through their retirement years, with seven in 10 saying …More

Many investors lag the results of the overall stock market because they make one or more of the following mistakes: …More

A GAO study has said found what it called a “significant” increase over several decades in the share of those …More

A federal court has denied an award of legal fees to a federal retiree who won a dispute with OPM …More

A homeowner’s insurance policy should not be acquired when you buy your home and then forgotten. Here is how to …More

Three-fourths of retirees say they expect to spend down at least some of their financial assets during retirement, including 14 …More

In general, the law allows children to be covered by Federal Employees Health Benefits program up to age 26, even …More

The potential for unexpected costs is a major factor in retiree spending patterns, most clearly reflected in reluctance to spend …More

The recently released 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results show that the pandemic has caused some federal employees to rethink …More

Variable annuity costs are higher than mutual fund expense ratios. In return for the higher cost, investors receive some advantages …More

A bipartisan bill offered by several leading senators would strengthen protections under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which applies …More

Lifecycle funds are growing in popularity for retirement investing in the private sector as well as in the TSP, where …More

Those approaching retirement who are interested in keeping their Federal Employees Group Life Insurance benefits in retirement should be aware …More

A report from the Center for Retirement Research cautions against overlooking the tax impact of retirement income, saying that “As …More

A Congressional Research Service has revived the long-time—but largely dormant—issue of whether federal employees who are on long-term disability compensation …More