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FPPA defined benefit plan Members face many important decisions when applying for retirement. Among the most important of these is selecting a payment option, i.e. whether to continue their benefit payments to a beneficiary after they die—and if so,
The Best Animal Rescues of 2024
A beaver, a sheep, and an owl walk into a Brooklyn doctor’s office… it sounds like the start to a long-winded, groan-worthy joke your uncle might tell at Thanksgiving. But actually, it’s much, much better. In reality, it’s the first few entries in
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Retirement can be a challenging transition, especially for first responders who have dedicated their lives to serving others. In fact, more than one in four retirees (27%, according to Edward Jones) say they’ve “struggled with the transition from
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According to a February 2024 report from the Federal Trade Commission, Americans reported more than $10 billion in losses to fraud last year, coming from 2.6 million individual claims. The report found that investment scams accounted for nearly half
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