The closing weeks of the year are often a smart time for adults to take stock of their financial health. The past 12 months may have been marked by a series of beneficial economic choices as well as ...

Protective, Pacific Life, Penn Mutual and Nationwide are the best life insurance companies for seniors among the insurers in our analysis. They provide competitive costs and coverage options for ...

Helping senior clients through estate planning requires a comprehensive strategy that includes consultations with their legal and tax advisors to ensure proper asset distribution, minimize tax ...

Inflation has been hard on many Americans, but perhaps none more so than seniors living on a fixed income. The financial sting may hit even harder for retirees who can't offset inflation with wage ...

We independently evaluate all of our recommendations. If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Myles is a former senior insurance editor for Investopedia. He oversaw the strategy ...

Life insurance has long been considered a hard to value asset. Practitioners and planners have dealt with a variety of definitions of fair market value (FMV), depending on the particular application ...

This complex product has potential upsides but also risks.