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Investment Advisor March 2006 Robert F. Keane |
Safety First No one wants to pay for E&O insurance, but advisors admit it helps them sleep better.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Dave Lindorff |
E & Oh, No Errors and omissions insurance is the must-have policy for financial professionals. But many planners don't have it because of a combination of cost and coverage problems.  |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Jason Van Steenwyk |
E & O and U Since 2001, advisors nationwide have been rocked with increases in professional liability insurance premiums.  |
Financial Advisor June 2005 David J. Drucker |
Filling The Gaps In E&O For financial advisors, simply remembering to pay your annual E&O (errors & omissions) premium while going about business as usual may give you a false sense of security, not to mention some nasty surprises.  |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 Janet Arrowood |
Scary Story In a world where financial lawsuits regularly make headlines, advisors that ignore their E&O coverage do so at great risk to their careers and their pocket books. Legal fees alone can crater a wallet.  |
Investment Advisor July 2007 Melanie Waddell |
Protect Yourself It's an annoying but necessary task: here's the latest intelligence on how to guard your financial practice from both the regulators and your clients.  |
Entrepreneur February 2007 Jacquelyn Lynn |
Apology Accepted E&O insurance can help make up for mistakes.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2015 Mary Stark-Hood |
Liability Solutions Commercial real estate practitioners need to be concerned about liability issues that can result from handling complex transactions. A comprehensive real estate errors and omissions policy is a necessity.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Bob Veres |
The Myths of Our Age These days, the planning profession seems to be caught in a web of myths and half-truths, which make it difficult for us to talk about a lot of issues. Here are some common myths regarding the financial planning industry.  |
Investment Advisor May 2008 Thomas D. Giachetti |
Got Unhappy Clients? How to protect yourself from client complaints in volatile times.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Steven K. McGinnis |
Tin Shields As investor lawsuits mount, errors and omissions insurance has become harder to get--and easier to lose.  |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 Jerry L. Reiter |
The Blame Game It's hard to say when the targeting of financial advisors for litigation reached its peak -- or whether it has even peaked yet. So how to protect yourself?  |
Financial Advisor May 2008 David J. Drucker |
The Inconvenient Truth About Health Insurance Health insurance has become one more area of planning that finds itself on a growing list of risks advisors aren't adequately addressing in their clients' financial plans.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
LTCI Gets a Second Wind Long-term care insurance is regaining credibility, thanks to financial planners.  |
Financial Advisor May 2007 Tracey Longo |
Unfulfilled Promises? With LTC insurance sales down in 2006, here's what some financial planners are doing to pick up the pace.  |
Registered Rep. July 9, 2010 Jerry Gleeson |
Broader Fiduciary Standard Could Kick Up B/d Insurance Bills Will a broader application of the fiduciary standard be accompanied by higher insurance costs? Some broker/dealers are bracing for the possibility.  |
Investment Advisor April 2008 Marlene Y. Satter |
Safe as Houses Are those in the real estate industry protected from lawsuits? Is errors and omissions insurance the answer for them?  |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Avoid the Boiler Room Some financial advisors know more about sales than they do about investing. Finding good financial advice is tough. Investors with little or no knowledge about their finances are extremely vulnerable to disreputable professionals.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Cover Me Health insurance options slowly expand for independent advisors.  |
Investment Advisor March 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Piling On Keeping up with compliance chores will continue to occupy a substantial portion of advisors' time, as industry officials and observers are steadfast in their belief that regulatory scrutiny by the SEC and NASD isn't going away.  |
Financial Advisor July 2008 Eric Rasmussen |
Taking Cover You can make life easier for clients later if you push them to get excess liability insurance now.  |
Investment Advisor August 2009 Marlene Y. Satter |
Side Effects Advisors might want to take a look at clients' term life insurance coverage.  |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 Christopher O'Leary |
Healthy Returns Not a lot financial advisors have learned how to help their small business clients survive the health-insurance crunch, which is a mistake. Health care expenses take up a huge part of someone's cash flow. It could be a real niche for planners.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2011 William Ainson |
Behind the Mask While financial planners should be working to shun potential clients from hell, they should also strive to attract the more "celestial" ones.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Take Cover Complex state insurance laws and federal tax regulations have hampered financial firms' efforts to provide health benefits for their independent advisors. Yet advisor demand has spurred action and changes.  |
CFO December 1, 2002 David M. Katz |
Cover Me Anyone searching for D&O coverage will find it more expensive and less inclusive than ever before.  |
Investment Advisor May 2010 Marlene Y. Satter |
Easy Rider Redux Advisors might find a tough subject easier to broach with clients.  |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Kathleen M. McBride |
A Matter of Life and Health For many advisors who are affiliated with independent broker/dealers and either running, or employed by, a small business, health insurance coverage can be expensive and sometimes elusive. That may be changing.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2012 Miriam Rozen |
The Dreaded Question: Do You Have Long-Term Care Insurance For some planners, there is nothing more difficult to answer than, Do you have long-term care insurance?  |
Investment Advisor May 1, 2011 John Sullivan |
Catching up with... Joe Richard "The difference is we're smaller," says Joe Richard, when asked what, specifically, Wall Street Financial Group does better than anyone else.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Barely Covered When the going gets tough, the tough cut costs. Clients worried about their finances may think about dumping big expenses that may seem to be a luxury, such as disability insurance. In this case, they would likely be wrong.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2009 Donna Mitchell |
Earnings Rebound Financial advisors are making more money, putting more emphasis on education, and shifting their compensation schemes toward fees  |
Financial Advisor March 2012 |
So You Think You're A Financial Planner? A recent study from industry research firm Cerulli Associates looked at advisors across all channels and compared how they describe themselves with how they actually do business.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Prudent Policy Agents should help their clients reevaluate their insurance policies at the end of every year.  |
Investment Advisor March 2006 Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: Glory Days Financial planners need to decide whether they want stardom or the benefits of a growing firm.  |
Financial Advisor February 2007 David J. Drucker |
The Retirement Dilemma Will your aging client base kill your financial advisory business?  |
Entrepreneur August 2004 Jacquelyn Lynn |
Going Separate Ways Pay attention to "separation of insureds" in your company's insurance policies. If the company is sued over bad behavior by one employee, innocent parties may get separate treatment.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin |
Advisor Pulse The happiest financial advisors really do put their clients first, asserts the first study of advisor satisfaction.  |
Entrepreneur January 2007 Jacquelyn Lynn |
Extra Cushion If you get sued, will your current liability coverage be sufficient? For most growing businesses, the answer is probably no, but increasing your liability limits can be costly.  |
On Wall Street September 1, 2013 Mason Braswell |
Pitfalls of Long-Term Care Insurance Products Designed to allay your clients' worst fears about aging, these insurance products sometimes come with their own nightmares.  |
Financial Advisor May 2007 Mary Rowland |
Ways For RIAs To Access Insurance As the number of RIAs soars, insurance specialists are designing businesses to serve their clients.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2013 Ilana Polyak |
Disability Insurance: Are You Protected? Advisors need to think about disability insurance coverage for both themselves and their clients.  |
Financial Advisor June 2012 Jim McConville |
Napfa Elects New Chair, Launches Web Sites The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors has tapped Ron Rhoades to succeed Susan John as chairman of the fee-only planners group.  |
Entrepreneur March 2007 Jacquelyn Lynn |
Policy Matters Give your business insurance its annual checkup.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2013 Scott Wenger |
FPA's Michael Branham: Succession on His Mind The FPA s president says advisors of all ages should be thinking about the next chapter of their careers.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Robert Pozen |
Think Twice Congress is seriously debating legislation that would significantly expand the coverage of the Investment Advisers Act, empower the SEC to make rules on advisor compensation and increase the likelihood of lawsuits against advisors.  |
Financial Advisor January 2005 Tracey Longo |
How Fee-Based Programs Led 2004 Brokerage Profits Fee-based profitability is not lost on brokerage executives, who are ramping up programs designed to attract more planners to a fee-based business model and away from traditional commissions.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Joseph A. Tomlinson |
Is Long-Term Care Insurance Worth It? It requires a big investment of time for advisors to learn enough about long-term-care insurance to be helpful to clients.  |
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Letters to the Editor E&O insurance coverage... Ibbotson controversy continues... Guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits...  |
Financial Advisor March 2008 David J. Drucker |
Blueprint For Success Nowadays, an energetic financial planner can get up and running in three to five years. The industry has simply built a body of knowledge around starting an independent advisory firm and, independent planners have disseminated that knowledge freely.  |