Self-Employed Individuals Are You Writing Off Your Health Insurance?

Being self-employed offers freedoms that traditional jobs usually can’t match. Self-employed individuals can work from home, set their own hours, and be their own bosses. They can choose their own work assignments, provide the services they want to provide, and even choose their own wages. Yes, self-employed individuals are living the life until it comes … Read more

Save At Work To Make Securing Your Financial Future Easier

Many Americans are lucky enough to work for employers who provide some form of savings plan for the benefit of their employees. Employer-sponsored savings plans can be an effective way to build a retirement nest egg. Through the benefits of tax-deferred compounding and, in many cases, employer matching funds, many people find they can save … Read more

Mortgage Life Insurance Bracing Your Home For Disaster

Mortgage life insurance may just be the most powerful security systems that has ever emerged with a focus of bracing your home for disaster. Having an insurance policy to cover the amount of your outstanding home mortgage will ensure the ability of your loved ones to stay in the home in the event of your … Read more

IRS Issues Long-Term Care Insurance Premium Deductibility Limits for 2006

Nov. 8, 2005- The Internal Revenue Service has announced the 2006 limitations on the deductibility of long-term care insurance premiums from taxes. Premiums for “qualified” (see explanation below) long-term care policies are treated as an unreimbursed medical expense. These premiums what the policyholder pays the insurance company to keep the policy in force — are … Read more

5 Basic Facts About Health Insurance Policies In A Bad Economy

1. DOES YOUR PLAN COVER YOU ON AND OFF THE JOB? Many health insurance plans have specific exclusions that eliminate your benefits for anything that could have been covered under Workers Compensation or similar laws. Now read that last sentence again. COULD HAVE BEEN COVERED!? That is correct. Most self employed people and even some … Read more