We believe a plain reading of the terms in the life insurance contract signifies that the policy should have terminated and been converted to extended term insurance on several occasions before 2008.
With markets volatile and corporations scaling back defined-benefit pension plans, those in or near retirement are paying high fees to transform plain old variable annuities into a source of guaranteed income for life.
These are investment accounts that look suspiciously similar to plain old mutual funds but, dressed up as a form oflife insurance, get certain tax benefits.
At Whole Foods a noodle isn't just wheat and water in a plain package--it is the life's work of an Italian "authentic food artisan" named Gino Girolomoni.
I'll be blogging about what I find in the coming days, but wanted to give you an initial flavour oflife in this famous city, which sits on a dusty coastal plain just below a green, almost Tuscan, range of low hills.