Educational Insights

Our educational insights cover a variety of topics to help you better address your financial needs and implement your financial plan, with strategies and solutions that may help you meet your financial goals.

  • Gear up for Covering Long-Term Care Costs

    April 18, 2023

    Check it Out! Feeling prepared to meet long-term care costs—and have the care experience you envision—is easier when you take a few steps ahead of time.

  • Using Life Insurance as a Retirement Planning Tool

    Peter A. Longo April 11, 2023

    Cash value life insurance can offer you both financial security and a tax-deferred way to accumulate additional funds for retirement that can work similarly to a Roth IRA.

  • Retirement Readiness

    Jack Cintorino April 10, 2023

    While investment returns are important, cash flow is the #1 driver of a retirement plan’s sustainability. If you are approaching retirement, these steps may help you understand the risks of underestimating your retirement expenses.

  • Evaluating Your College Savings Withdrawal Strategy

    Shurdonna Joseph February 6, 2023

    Congratulations—your child has been accepted into college! As you prepare for this exciting transition, it is likely that you have been saving for some time, and now you are ready to start withdrawing from your college savings account(s).

  • The Seven Smartest Ways to Pay for College

    Shurdonna Joseph February 2, 2023

    With the price of college continuing to escalate, many parents are finding it difficult to save enough.

  • Secure Act 2.0: Summary of Key Provisions for Plan Sponsors

    January 25, 2023

    On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 into law.

  • Credit Card Spending and Your Financial Plan

    Kim Beil and Shurdonna Joseph January 18, 2023

    Most of us tend to think of credit cards as a spending tool. Rarely do we consider them in the context of financial planning conversations.

  • Generation Z: Different Values, Behaviors, and Perspectives

    Shurdonna Joseph January 18, 2023

    If you are among the new generation entering adulthood known as Generation Z, here's some important considerations to keep in mind at this early stage of your financial life.

  • The Family Conversation on College Planning

    Shurdonna Joseph January 18, 2023

    The topic of college planning is one of the most important conversations you can have as a family.

  • Home Improvement Credits Under the Inflation Reduction Act

    Edward F. Smith III November 30, 2022

    If you are planning to purchase electric vehicles or make energy-efficient improvements to your house, you may save some money under the Inflation Reduction Act.


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