Lies, Damn Lies and Social Media Posts: Life Insurance Payouts Unaffected by Covid Vaccination
Some crazy ideas are out there today. Let’s clear up one of them: Those Covid jabs inflicted by reputable healthcare workers are...
Read moreSome crazy ideas are out there today. Let’s clear up one of them: Those Covid jabs inflicted by reputable healthcare workers are...
Read moreWe stand at the tree line, all silent for a moment, waiting to cross the fateful valley. I’m not talking about Faulkner’s fantasy...
Read moreIrrevocable Life Insurance Trusts, or ILITs, are a wonderful way for clients with complex estates – or difficult heirs – to manage...
Read moreI like the way I earn my living, writing and editing, but some days I feel that remaining in bed, head firmly covered, seems the...
Read moreI nearly married a millionaire once. It didn’t work out and I won’t tell you why, but I’m willing to share some of our pre-aisle...
Read moreMourn the poor rich man, who died in his prime and left a tremendous mess for his loved ones to clear up. Tony Hsieh, the 46-year...
Read moreI live on a quiet street. There’s a pothole in the road outside my gate. Our neighbor’s mutt likes to wander over and lie in it. We...
Read moreThere’s a steamy old movie I favor, where a tough cop ruefully notes that in a mad crisis, people can lose direction. “Everything...
Read moreEveryone hates a health exam, particularly one that probes them deeply. I wonder if this isn’t a reason why people are so reluctant...
Read moreMy father was a straight arrow, as true flying as they come, but he wasn’t without his New England oddities. I’m not talking about...
Read moreI just read a stimulating article in which the author said she uses a high deductible health plan (HDHP), specifically its attached...
Read moreLife insurance. It’s a curious old business. The customer buys a product and reduces their risk. The provider selling that policy...
Read moreI called one of my first colleagues in finance, a London-born specialist now in estate planning, who works out of Baltimore. What...
Read moreDan beat cancer. The best healthcare in Boston, the good vibes and prayers of his loved ones and his own iron determination took...
Read moreMy old friend Jim called me after midnight from a parking lot in Houston. He sounded winded, distracted. Apart from the cellphone...
Read moreThe Stretch IRA stratagem: in the old days, I wrote about it so often, I often wished it would vanish. I’ll take anything else, so...
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