by Bill Borton | Apr 17, 2018 | Guaranteed Income, Income Strategy, Lifetime Income, Planning, Retirement, Retirement Income, Retirement Planning
During a recent conversation with a friend she admitted, “I still don’t really understand what you do. So, you sell insurance?” To make it easier, I suggested the image of a laundry tub. I said to her, “If you want to fill your laundry tub with water, what’s the first...
by Bill Borton | Mar 22, 2018 | Financial Plans, Guaranteed Income, Insurance Coverage, Planning, Retirement Income, Risk Management
Back in 1972, “You can pay me now, or pay me later”, helped FRAM sell a ton of oil filters. That memorable phrase was usually uttered in FRAM’s television commercials by an auto mechanic, who explains to his customer that he can either pay a small sum now for...
by Bill Borton | Feb 4, 2018 | Financial Plans, Financial Team, Income Strategy, Planning, Retirement, Retirement Planning
“There are worse things than death – have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?” ~ Woody Allen After moving to a new neighborhood and joining the local fitness center, I one day discovered the man on the next treadmill was a neighbor. The...
by Bill Borton | Jan 23, 2018 | Financial Plans, Retirement, Retirement Income, Retirement Planning
In study after study, baby boomers say they are concerned about healthcare costs and long-term care in retirement, but their biggest fear by far is outliving their savings. Will you have enough? How do you know? Most of us have been programmed to focus on the...
by Bill Borton | Dec 18, 2017 | Financial Plans, Guaranteed Income, Income Strategy, Lifetime Income, Retirement, Retirement Income, Risk Management
Numerous factors have helped increase human longevity. Many of us will live to be 90, and some perhaps even 100 or more. Unfortunately, in our younger years, many of my fellow Baby Boomers were not particularly focused on the possibility of living 35 years past...
