Fewer women than men have formal investment plans in place for retirement and are less likely to be putting money away, a new study finds.

A financial services company says it has seen the biggest one-year increase in its use of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) in its history.

Financial advisors are recommending variable annuities to their clients more now than they did three years ago, according to the latest IFAwebnews.com poll.

About 200,000 people were paid $6.6 billion in long-term care insurance benefits in 2011, with Alzheimer’s disease the top reason for policies to pay out, a new report suggests.

A securities law firm is investigating the going-private transaction involving The Edelman Financial Group, a national wealth management firm, and its leadership, including Ric Edelman, for a possible breach of fiduciary duty in its sale to a private equity firm.

The majority of workers don’t expect they or their family members to be diagnosed with a serious illness, factors that discourage them from seeking employee benefits to protect them from these possibilities, according to a new survey.

Almost half of financial planning professionals say they bring up variable annuities in “every conversation” with their clients, according to a new survey.

The Hartford’s decision to leave the individual annuity market doesn’t mean the insured retirement industry is struggling, according to the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI).

Marsh & McLennan Agency’s mid-Atlantic region will have expanded employee-benefits services with its acquisition of KSPH LLC of Glen Allen, Va.

Many middle-income baby boomers are waiting to retire until they are eligible for Medicare, yet more than half admit to knowing little or nothing about the program, a new study says.