Insurance Articles

Insurance – of any kind – can be confusing, especially when you take into account all the different policy types and industry jargon. Which is why Allworth Co-CEO Scott Hanson is here to help. He shares the essential must-knows about six of the most common types of insurance.

Strategically planning for retirement is obviously crucial for everyone, but there are specific reasons why women need to be especially thorough and pro-active. Allworth Co-CEO Scott Hanson shares a few of the unique challenges they face during the planning process.

Allworth Co-CEO Scott Hanson outlines the basics of long-term care insurance. With 10,000 Baby Boomers retiring each day, the question about whether a person needs long-term care insurance has become a popular one. First, what exactly is long-term...

Allworth Co-CEO Scott Hanson outlines some of the most common reasons when life insurance might be necessary. If someone tries to tell you that everyone needs life insurance, they either aren’t being entirely truthful, or they are misinformed. While...

Allworth Co-CEO Scott Hanson shares an important "retiree beware" regarding one of the most popular - yet oversold - insurance products often aimed at retirees. When it comes to your investments, it’s important to educate yourself about what you are...

Have you ever thought about long-term care insurance? What it is? Whether you need it? Because we’re pretty sure that out of our 40,000+ email subscribers there’s a large chunk of you that have a ton of questions about this specific component of...

Retirement security. That’s all you're looking for, right? While pensions still exist for some retirees, a guaranteed stream of income from an employer that lasts the rest of your life, unfortunately, doesn’t play into the equation for most people...

You can put it off and hope it won’t affect you. And maybe it won’t. But statistics say you’re probably going to need it. I’m talking about … ‘cue the blaring trumpets … long-term care insurance. First, contrary to popular opinion, long-term care IS...

Question: I’m 62 and about to retire. Should I keep my term life insurance, or should I invest in a permanent life insurance policy? Scott Hanson: I really like this question because it speaks to a lot of the people I meet who are on the brink of...

If there’s one place men and women should think a bit differently, it’s in the realm of preparing for retirement. That’s because if you’re female, your retirement needs are quite a bit different than the needs of men. But if you read the headline...