To run a successful business in the United States, the owner of a company must bring-in enough revenue to sustain usual expenses including rent, mortgages, utilities, loans and the payroll of employees, in turn making a profit to cover his or her own personal income and lifestyle needs. And we all know the corporate world […]
Agents, brokers, advisors, planners, and other producers dedicate considerable time, effort, and money to plan for their clients’ financial wellbeing. The goal is to create adequate cash flow to match expenses under any contingency. Events that affect cash flow include becoming unemployed, having a business failure, getting too old to earn money, getting sick or […]
According to last year’s Milliman survey of the industry, the disability insurance marketplace is thriving and stronger than it has been in 20 years. Much of that success is in part due to the relatively soft DI market and the slowly increasing number of life companies that are expanding their portfolios and offering more disability […]
As I gaze out of my office window, I can tell that summer is in full swing. The Southern California afternoon sky is hazy with smoke and debris from a nearby brush fire, and the hot Santa Ana winds are blowing the branches of the towering eucalyptus trees that outline the building. The surrounding hills […]