Kenneth Barney

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Blood pressure is one of several health factors companies consider when deciding your life insurance rates. Having high blood pressure adds stress to your arteries and leads to serious problems such as heart disease and strokes. Unlike some life ins...

You Can Benefit From New Life Insurance Laws

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If you’ve been procrastinating about buying life insurance, here’s some motivation: At least two companies have lowered prices on some term life policies, and other insurers might, too, thanks to new state laws about how much money they m...

Avoid These Retirement Planning Mistakes

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Many consider retirement to be the ultimate financial goal, the point at which you could make employment optional. Though most people would love to reach this goal, there are some common mistakes you may be making that will prevent you from getting t...

Retirees Biggest Worries

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What are Americans most concerned about when it comes to retirement? Those age 65 and over ranked health as their greatest source of worry, according to a recent survey from Merrill Lynch and Age Wave. This represents a switch compared to A...

Understanding Fixed Indexed Universal Life Products And Accumulation Bonuses

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We’re now more than a full year past Phase 2 of Actuarial Guideline 49 (AG 49) going into effect. As a result, insurers have settled into a new reality with more moving pieces and room for interpretation when it comes to product design. While...

How To Retire If You're Broke

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While people have gotten the message that they need to save for retirement, the gap between knowing and doing remains large. A study by the Economic Policy Institute found that most families, including those close to retirement age, have little or no...

Will I Run Out Of Money If I Retire?

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When it comes to planning our retirements, many of us lose sleep over what will happen when we no longer have regular paychecks coming in and have to rely on our investments. We often struggle with making the transition from working full time to reti...

6 Proven Ways To Boost Your Retirement Income

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It's an unfortunate fact that many seniors struggle financially in retirement, whether due to inadequate savings or higher-than-anticipated expenses, like healthcare. If you're looking for a few surefire ways to give your retirement inco...

10 Smart Insurance Resolutions For 2017

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Insurance is a financial safety net for when life just doesn’t go your way, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore it when things are going well. Here are 10 things you can do in 2017 to strengthen your net and avoid common insurance cla...

The Type Of Person Most Likely To Buy Life Insurance Is Also The Type Who Least Wants To Know The Future

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How you feel about the future has a lot to do with how you feel about regret. People prone to rue paths not taken approach the unknown more cautiously than others, a new study has found. They’re less eager to know what the future holds, and mor...

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