Editor’s Note: The 2017 tax reform legislation reversed the IRS position in Revenue Ruling 2009-13, and instead now provides that in determining basis, no adjustment is made for mortality, expense or ...

If you’re reading this post, you survived the Thanksgiving holiday – hopefully, without much family drama.[i] Then again, there may have been moments, inspired by an overload of obligatory ...

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Every year, 500,000 older Americans lapse their life insurance policies, according to a survey by the Insurance Studies Institute. And millions each year will surrender their policies. Lisa Rehburg ...