The newly septuagenarian songstress Cher once crooned about what she would do if she could turn back time. If Americans could do the same thing, they’d start saving for retirement earlier in life, a new poll reveals.
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Sour savings keeping many from reaching retirement sweetness
There’s good news and bad news to report on the retirement readiness front, at least according to a recent survey. The good news is that many Americans are about as confident as they were last year that they’ll be able to live comfortably once they decide to leave the workforce. The bad news? Those that are optimistic are fairly few and far between.
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More cite memorabilia as key memento than life insurance
A majority of Americans point to memorabilia as what they most want to leave behind, a newly released survey suggests.
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Growth of women in workforce leaving many curious about retirement
As women take on more responsibilities outside of the home, their planning for retirement has fallen by the wayside, based on new research from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.
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More life insurers turning to automation to cut costs, save time
Automation is touching a variety of industries in an effort to lower costs and enhance efficiency. This includes the life insurance sector.
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7 reasons to work with GFD
The following are a mere handful of the ways GFD can advance your financial planning goals:
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Increasing number of older women remaining in labor force
The growing number of older women delaying retirement has been so significant that it just might reshape the economy, based on new figures and analysis detailed by The Wall Street Journal.
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Employers can help workers realize retirement dreams, study suggests
With the average American needing retirement savings in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to finance the cost of living, individuals themselves are chiefly responsible for how well they’ll live in life after work. However, employers have a substantial say in the matter – more than they realize, according to a newly released report.
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Peers influence life insurance ownership, survey finds
In a classic case of “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” individuals are more likely to secure life insurance when they know that people similar to them are securing this financial protection, a new survey reveals.
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Poll: Millennials largely prefer monthly payments versus lump sum
Given the option between a lump sum payment or remuneration over an extended period, most young life insurance beneficiaries would prefer the latter, according to the results of a newly released survey.
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