Retirement & Financial Planning Report

Some federal retirees choose to go back to work, and in many cases they naturally look to the government as …More

Deferred annuities have become increasingly popular over the years. As the name suggests, these are investment vehicles in which taxes …More

A federal court decision has reaffirmed that federal retirees who are rehired by the government are considered “at will” employees …More

Electing a survivor annuity reduces the amount of your own annuity. How much it’s reduced depends on whether you chose …More

Married couples shopping for long-term care (LTC) insurance might consider a shared-care plan, which is not an option in the …More

One message of a recent survey of federal retirees regarding health insurance is that they value it highly, more highly …More

The Federal Long term Care Insurance Program lets you choose between two inflation protection options. Automatic Compound Inflation Option–With this …More

Although you might not want to think about it, there’s a chance that you could lose the ability to manage …More

A recent study underscored the high value that workers put on benefits and the gap between what the federal government …More

If you are under CSRS-Offset, the “offset” is a reduction in your CSRS benefit in the amount of the Social …More

How much life insurance coverage do you need? Rather than follow a pre-set formula or one of the various “rules …More

A federal appeals court has upheld the government’s policy of requiring that federal survivor benefits can only be paid if …More

Generally speaking, while federal employees may pay FEHB premiums with pre-tax money under the “premium conversion” arrangement, retirees may not. …More

If you purchase an immediate annuity (also known as a payout annuity or an income annuity), you buy a pension …More

Federal Employees Health Benefits program carriers are obligated to follow standard coordination of benefit rules established by the National Association …More

Among married couples, non-financial assets (mostly home equity) represent about 70 percent of total assets. That figure will vary from …More

Home equity–the value of the property minus any mortgage or home equity loan against it–can have a substantial impact on …More

One of the less understood of federal retirement benefits is the “special retirement supplement.” Many retirees and near-retirees apparently have …More

Many people build up so much wealth in their IRAs (often, the result of a rollover from an employer-sponsored retirement …More

Nearly two-thirds of baby boomers plan to work beyond 65, including some who expect never to retire, and among those …More