In a recent article on LifeHealth, RetireOne Chief Distribution Officer Jeff Cusack discussed the potential risks that retirees face in during the fragile decade due to increasing market volatility. In the current economic environment of pandemic recovery, ongoing political uncertainty, and demographic shifts, market volatility is ongoing. This is of particular concern to those entering...Continue Reading
RIAs leveraging RetireOne’s outsourced insurance desk will have access to more advisory-centric annuities that provide protected lifetime income and focus on risk management SAN FRANCISCO – March 28, 2023 – RetireOne®, the leading independent platform for fee-based insurance solutions, today announced a partnership with Corebridge Financial, formerly AIG Life & Retirement, to distribute two fee-based...Continue Reading
Study analyzes how CDAs fit the RIA business model and the potential economic benefit of complementing a safe withdrawal strategy with portfolio income insurance San Francisco, CA – February XX, 2023 – RetireOne® today released a new study from Michelle Richter-Gordon, AIF®: “The Net Economic Benefit of Wrapping Risk with a Contingent Deferred Annuity.” The...Continue Reading
How Can Advisors Prove Their Value? These days, saying “The markets are volatile” feels simultaneously both incredibly obvious and like the world’s driest understatement. Volatility isn’t just something we’re experiencing right now, it’s defining how we live in a variety of ways both large and small. When volatility becomes an ingrained part of your daily...Continue Reading
Are the Assumptions in Morningstar’s Report Valid? In a recent report, data and research firm Morningstar concluded annuities aren’t meaningfully useful to 95% of affluent investors. A report that casts doubt on the value of an entire class of insurance products will inevitably get a response, which is where finance writer Oisín Breen comes in....Continue Reading
What are advisors really worried about? A recent ThinkAdvisor piece about the LIFE Act was framed as a debate between Robert Bloink (pro) and William H. Byrnes (con), both professors and co-authors of reference book Tax Facts. For those unfamiliar, the core issue that advisors seem to be anxious about is the LIFE Act’s allowance...Continue Reading
With Increased volatility In the market, It’s time to rethink the fundamentals Wealth Solutions Report published an article recently entitled, “Are You Playing Russian Roulette With Clients’ Retirement?” The article starts by laying out the current situation: equities are in flux, life expectancy is increasing, Social Security may not be reliable in the future, and...Continue Reading
Can advisors afford to just be portfolio managers? RetireOne President Ed Mercier recently appeared with Mark Colaço of Dimensional Fund Advisors on Robert Huebscher’s Gaining Perspective Podcast to discuss the future of financial advice, and the role insurance might play in it. In the podcast, Ed and Mark talked about each company’s respective survey data,...Continue Reading
Are advisors doing enough to allay client fears? RetireOne recently conducted a joint survey with Midland National Life Insurance to better understand the landscape of retirement planning. You can check out the executive summary, but one of the key takeaways is that clients are concerned about outliving their retirement savings (82%) due to a wide...Continue Reading
Oisin Breen quoted RetireOne CEO and co-founder David Stone in an RIABiz article about Baltimore-based RIA firm Facet Wealth forging a formal vendor relationship with Policygenius.com. In Breen’s view the deal may have come at just the right time for the struggling digital insurance broker. Stone had this to say: “[It’s] a great move …...Continue Reading
