• Immediate vs Longevity Annuities

    Updated: 2011-05-27 23:09:12
    Both of these products offer a guaranteed income for life. Immediate annuities, as the name suggests, immediately begin to generate lifetime income. Longevity annuities delay payments until the retiree hits an advanced age, such as 80 or 85. New research by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) finds that, generally, either type of annuity [...]

  • The Impact of the Economy on Retirement Risks

    Updated: 2011-05-25 23:08:07
    A new report from the Society of Actuaries (SOA) assesses the impact of the recession on retirement planning based on findings from the 2009 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey Report, also from the SOA. The economic downturn made many respondents feel the need to take steps to improve their financial situation. While only one-quarter [...]

  • Taking over the Facebook Page “buy now” button (Part 1 of 2)

    Updated: 2011-05-25 17:40:56
    As I have been testing the security settings of companies social media strategies, I have consistently noticed two things, marketing is desperately trying to find its ROI and IT/Security doesn’t even know they have a FB page.  I do agree that after a number of months, it is time to show the CFO that spending that insame amount of time [...]

  • Retirement Investing Dilemma Solved

    Updated: 2011-05-25 03:07:05
    There’s a terrible problem in retirement investing that concerns how much risk you should take with your retirement funds. It’s a seemingly unsolvable financial conundrm of investing in retirement. Let’s take a closer look. On the one hand, you’d like to put all your retirement funds in the bank and keep it safe and secure in FDIC insured accounts. [...]

  • Which States Offer the Best & Worst Medicaid Services to the Developmentally Disabled?

    Updated: 2011-05-20 20:32:06
    According to United Cerebral Palsy’s 2011 report “The Case for Inclusion,” Vermont offers the best Medicaid services to the developmentally disabled, while Mississippi provides the worst services. In my local area, Virginia ranks 38th, Maryland 31st, and the District of Columbia 47th. Here is the complete list: 1. Vermont 2. Arizona 3. Michigan 4. New [...]

  • The Outcome of Your Social Security Disability Claim Often Depends on the Personality of the ALJ Who Decides Your Case

    Updated: 2011-05-19 15:49:37
    New York Social Security Disability Lawyer Blog Published by New York Social Security Disability and Long Term Disability Attorney Insler Hermann , LLP Home Firm Website About Us Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home The Outcome of Your Social Security Disability Claim Often Depends on the Personality of the ALJ Who Decides Your Case May 19, 2011 Posted In : Social Security Disability Brian Anson's posts By Insler Hermann on May 19, 2011 9:49 AM Permalink Comments 0 On April 13 I blogged about the recent lawsuit brought against several Queens ALJs , which claims that these judges show a pattern of bias against the disability claimants whose cases they decide . Last night I was discussing this lawsuit with Lew Insler one of the partners at my firm , and we compared notes on our

  • What Can an Attorney do When the Client is too Disabled to Attend Her Hearing?

    Updated: 2011-05-18 21:39:55
    New York Social Security Disability Lawyer Blog Published by New York Social Security Disability and Long Term Disability Attorney Insler Hermann , LLP Home Firm Website About Us Practice Areas Contact Us Previous Home Next What Can an Attorney do When the Client is too Disabled to Attend Her Hearing May 18, 2011 Posted In : Social Security Disability Brian Anson's posts By Insler Hermann on May 18, 2011 3:39 PM Permalink Comments 0 At a Brooklyn Social Security Disability hearing a few days ago , I represented a young woman who had a number of medical conditions which prevented her from working most notably , an inner ear condition which made it impossible for her to ride in elevators due to the rapid changes in pressure . Unfortunately , her hearing was scheduled for an office located on

  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNote™App to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Denominate US Currency

    Updated: 2011-05-18 15:02:40
    The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has developed a free downloadable application (app) to assist the blind and visually impaired denominate US currency. The app is called EyeNote™. EyeNote™ is a mobile device app designed for Apple iPhone (3G, 3Gs, 4), and the 4th Generation iPod Touch and iPad2 platforms, and is available through [...]

  • Worsening picture for Social Security & Medicare programs

    Updated: 2011-05-17 18:15:03
    The Associated Press reports that the trustees for the Social Security and Medicare trust funds have shortened the life of these two trust funds. The annual checkup by the trustees said that the Medicare hospital insurance fund will now be exhausted in 2024, five years earlier than last year’s estimate. While the Social Security trust [...]

  • Social Security Ends Payback Option

    Updated: 2011-05-17 01:46:45
    Last year I wrote about how you could take social security early and still receive the full benefit. The IRS has caught on to that option and is has established rules that keep it from being a viable option. The Social Security Administration published rules that limit the time period for beneficiaries to withdraw an [...]

  • Retirement Jobs

    Updated: 2011-05-11 18:23:02
    If you look a the AARP forums on their web site, you will see that postings and comments of people looking for senior jobs are the most busy forums.  You are not alone in your search for a retirement job.  However, it’s likely that you need to change the way you think about employment for [...]

  • Health Care Costs in Retirement

    Updated: 2011-05-07 00:26:56
    Sun Life Financial just released a new study, Flying Blind: How Working Americans View Healthcare Costs in Retirement which reveals that 92% of Americans either have no idea how much they will spend on health care costs in retirement or underestimate what the likely costs will be. Some of the results of the survey are [...]

  • US Life Expectancy After Retirement

    Updated: 2011-05-06 20:23:17
    In retirement planning, many factors must be considered and are used as inputs to retirement calculators. The typical variables are the amount of assets you have, how much retirement income you need, your tax rate and most importantly, your estimated life expectancy. However, it is this author’s opinion that life expectancy is often mishandled in [...]

  • Retirement Withdrawal – Have More By Withdrawing from the Right Accounts

    Updated: 2011-05-05 19:27:49
    Help Maintain Your Wealth: What Accounts to Withdraw From and When Retirees are interested in preserving their wealth as long as possible. But because different assets are taxed differently – and yearly where required – the order in which you withdraw income from your retirement assets can significantly affect how fast you’ll deplete your wealth. [...]

  • Firesheep’s Revenge

    Updated: 2011-05-03 03:58:03
    No, this is not an article on the new version or even newly added super hero features for firesheep? #titlefail? Maybe but please read on then decide. I know firesheep has lost its shiny coin syndrome with most but the attack is still working quite well in the field.  While the readers/listeners have been doing [...]

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