Archive for the ‘Insurance’ Category

Long Term Care Insurance – When Should I Buy It?

Monday, May 18th, 2009 by Cass Chappell, CFP®

        One could ask this question of several different people and get several different answers.    Insurance agent: "Now.  You can potentially lock in the rate and you don't have to worry about whether ... more »

Are you ready for the Health Care Crisis? Part 3- Final Thoughts

Monday, May 11th, 2009 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®

      So we have covered some important things to consider when choosing or designing your health care plan.  In addition to figuring out networks, deductibles and co-pays, there are several underlying themes ... more »

Are you ready for the Health Care Crisis? Part 2- The Network

Monday, May 4th, 2009 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®

In part 1 of this series, we addressed several considerations for how your health insurance plan could be designed if you were trying to reduce your premium.  The aim of this ... more »

Are you ready for the Health Care Crisis? Part 1 – The Plan

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®

The problems continue to mount for our health care system in the US.  What can you do about it?  Your options may not be as limited as you think.  There are ... more »

Health Savings Accounts – They aren’t for everyone… but may be for many of you

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®

January marks the 5 year anniversary of the Health Savings Account (HSA) legislation being passed.  I still remember, with such excitement and anticipation, making the first call to one of our ... more »

Life Insurance: What is your ‘rule of thumb’?

Monday, November 24th, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®

Whether it is near the water cooler at work or following a pickup game at the gym you may have been told the magic formula to calculate how much life insurance ... more »

LTCI: How can I protect my assets?

Monday, November 10th, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®

These rocky times in the market have certainly got plenty of us on edge about what our money is doing for us.  I felt like this was a great opportunity to ... more »

The Seven Things: Thanks George

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®

This past month was certainly a sad one in the world of comedy.  Whether you liked or not, George Carlin turned stand-up comedy, along with much of society, on its ears for ... more »

Disability Insurance Dissected

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®

The statistics are alarming, but then again...that is what statistics are designed to be. I rarely meet someone that doesn't have life insurance and yet we are nearly 6 times more ... more »