Roundup: Best Retirement Investments and Strategies for Women

  Women struggle to save for retirement. In fact, only 12% of working women are very confident that they will have a comfortable retirement. In case, women are forced into retirement sooner than expected, 64% of them do not have a backup plan for retirement income. These are just select findings from a recent survey… read more

Mother’s day is fast approaching, and it is around this time that children begin searching for the perfect gift for Mom. Although handbags, bouquets of her favorite flowers, and heartfelt notecards always do the trick, consider an unconventional but practical gift that she and Dad will benefit from for years to come. Naturally, we are… read more

Women might be the primary providers of long term care but they are also its primary recipients. It is exactly for this reason why insurance companies decided to increase long term care insurance premiums for policies sold to women. In an article published by The Wall Street Journal, Steve Zabel, Genworth Financial’s senior vice president… read more

The biggest long term care insurance providers in the country announced that beginning the second quarter of 2013, they will impose LTC insurance rate increase for policies sold to women. The hike, according to them, is necessary in order to properly reflect the risks involved in covering women’s LTC needs. At present, women comprise 70%… read more