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Life Insurance Agents and Commissions: What You Should Know

When shopping for life insurance, it’s important to know how agents get paid. Commissions can play a big role in which policies agents promote and how much coverage you get for your money. How insurance commissions work Commissions vary by … Continue reading

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Former UnitedHealthcare CEO Bob Sheehy is rejoining the marketplace with his latest endeavor: Bright Health, a new health insurance startup. As co-founder and CEO, Sheehy has secured $80 million in funding from venture capitalists and is eyeing PPACA exchanges and … Continue reading

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Real Estate Investment

With stock, bond and financial markets plagued by volatility, real estate investing provides a refreshing alternative. Real estate brokers, agents and investors alike understand that real estate can offer safe and lucrative investment returns. Real estate professionals utilize special tax … Continue reading

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Americans are working past the retirement age

Tom Sadowski, 65, of Sterling, VA works from home as he delays his retirement. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Tom Sadowski, 65, of Sterling, VA works from home as he delays his retirement. Older Americans now shoulder a heavier debt burden, … Continue reading

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How to protect your jewelry

Jewelry is a valuable investment that warrants proper insurance. Americans spend more tha $70 billion a year on jewelry, with engagment rings accounting for roughly 10% of that figure. While there is no way to insure the sentimental value of such … Continue reading

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Don’t overlook employee assistance programs

The theme for this month came from a real-world situation that brought home the value of an easily overlooked benefit — employee assistance programs. In fact, I’ve overlooked mentioning EAPs in this column even though management of our EAP service … Continue reading

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More than 10.1 million paid disability last year

More than 10.1 million people were paid disability benefits under the Social Security Disability Insurance program in 2012, 2.5 percent of whom were disabled widows or widowers. According to the most recent report from the Social Security Administration, awards to … Continue reading

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The good news about electronic health records

  The acceptance of electronic health records has certainly been slower and faced more criticism than one might have expected from a trend that seemed inevitable in a world that has largely replaced paper with pixels. But EHRs are getting … Continue reading

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The story behind Zenefits

Is what Zenefits did really that different? Porfirio Partida Advisor Developer at Nearsoft I understand that zenefits technically broke the law and has compliance failures. I don’t condone it, but why are people coming down so hard on them when … Continue reading

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They now want to go after your retirement!

President Obama with Sen. Elizabeth Warren and DOL Secretary Thomas Perez (photo: AP) As was foreshadowed in President Obama’s last State of the Union Address, retirement policy gets considerable attention in the White House’s fiscal year 2017 budget, released today. … Continue reading

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