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Understanding Long-Term Care Options

Published: February 9, 2017

Long-term care (LTC) insurance policies generally have many options for you to choose among. Examples include: Inflation rider: This benefit …More

Impact of Social Security Age Increase to Be Felt

Published: February 2, 2017

An increase ahead in the “full” (or “normal”) Social Security retirement age will impact those who begin to collect Social …More

How to Do Your Own FERS Annuity Calculation

Published: February 2, 2017

Under FERS, you can retire on an immediate, unreduced annuity if you meet one of the following age and service …More

Choosing Among Permanent Life Insurance Options

Published: February 2, 2017

Among permanent life insurance policies, several types are available: * Whole life insurance. As the name suggests, you pay a …More

Reality May Not Meet Expectation of Long Career

Published: January 26, 2017

The age at which workers expect to retire has been continuing to rise in recent years, but reality might get …More

The Value of Unused Sick Leave

Published: January 26, 2017

Since full-time employees accrue 13 days of sick leave per year starting immediately on employment (part-time employees accrue it proportionate …More

Tactics for Avoiding Probate

Published: January 26, 2017

At your death, your estate will have to go through probate, the process in which a local court supervises the …More

Deciding Whether to Retire: Two Key Factors

Published: January 19, 2017

While it’s widely accepted that a decision to retire is not just a financial one, two factors can stand out …More

What FLTCIP Coverage Will Pay For

Published: January 19, 2017

If you have coverage under the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program, you will be eligible for benefits after you …More

Considerations for Paying Off a Mortgage

Published: January 19, 2017

If you have no credit card debt or only an easily manageable amount, should you pay down your mortgage? There …More

Automatic Enrollment in Roth Plans Not Common

Published: January 12, 2017

Employer-sponsored retirement savings plans that have automatic enrollment features commonly do not steer such investments into Roth-style balances even though …More

Getting Vested for Retirement

Published: January 12, 2017

You have to have five years of actual service to be vested in the retirement system. Other employment — even …More

Dependent Care FSAs Are Not Just for Child Care

Published: January 12, 2017

While much of the attention on the dependent care flexible spending account focuses on using such accounts for child care …More

Flexible Retirement: More Dream than Reality

Published: January 5, 2017

The traditional concept of retirement has been largely replaced in the minds of late-career workers with the concept of gradual …More

Social Security’s Strict Disability Standards

Published: January 5, 2017

To qualify for disability benefits from Social Security, you must have either a physical or mental impairment that is expected …More

Understanding Powers of Attorney

Published: January 5, 2017

A power of attorney is a document where one person (the principal) names another (the agent), who can act for …More

Generational Shift Could Bring New Benefits Emphasis

Published: December 29, 2016

As the workforce changes–in particular as Baby Boom workers are replaced by Generation X and Millennial Generation workers–there could be …More

‘Catch-Up Contributions’ Don’t Carry to New Year

Published: December 29, 2016

While the Thrift Savings Plan generally offers automatic investment for employees–who set up a payroll withholding and then need do …More

Putting Your Trust in an Institution

Published: December 29, 2016

When you set up a trust, it’s a common to name a friend or family member as trustee. This is …More

SSA Explains Changes to ‘File and Suspend’

Published: December 22, 2016

The Social Security Administration has put out an explanation to changes to the so-called “file and suspend” claiming strategy made …More

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