This book provides an analysis of select programs relating to life insurance. Topics include the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance program (F...

A life settlement is a transaction in which an insurance policy owner sells a life insurance policy to a third party for an amount that exceeds the...

Liquidity refers to the degree to which an asset or security can be bought or sold in the market without affecting the asset's price. This book pro...

Student loan forgiveness and loan repayment programs provide borrowers a means of having all or part of their student loan debt forgiven or repaid ...

This book is an overview of issues associated with the marriage penalty. The first section explains how the marriage penalty (and the marriage bonu...

Medicare is a nation-wide health insurance programme for the aged and certain disabled persons. Over its 32 year history, it has provided important...

Medicare is an American health insurance programme for the aged and certain disabled persons. Over its nearly 35-year history, it has provided impo...

Through a variety of new mobile applications ("apps"), technology is rapidly changing the way consumers shop. Today's mobile apps offer new benefic...

The insurance sector is a significant part of the U.S. economy (with one estimate putting it at 7 percent of GDP) and an essential asset protection...

Money is, of course, something with which everyone is familiar. But how many people truly understand the role money plays in the society? Judging f...

In this first book of the series "Money, Economics, and Finance: Developments, Analyses, and Research", topics discussed include a brief history of...

A mortgage represents a loan or lien on a property/house that has to be paid over a specified period of time. Mortgages come in many different shap...

Multiemployer pension plans, created by collective bargaining agreements including more than one employer, cover more than 10 million workers and r...

This research explores the dynamic linkages that portray different facets of the joint probability distribution of stock market returns in the Nort...

The most destructive storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Superstorm Sandy smashed ashore on the U.S. East Coast in October 2012 after cutt...

In recent years, much attention has been focused on the roles that the private sector and federal government play in providing insurance and financ...

This book includes important global research concerning financial institutions and the money and capital markets within which they function. It inc...

New Tax Guide provides an in-depth look at income and taxes for various types of artists, writers, performers, and other creative people. A general...

The recent financial crisis and the rapid changes in the economic and technological environment have highlighted the need for further reinforcement...

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a wholly-owned U.S. government corporation, is referred to as the U.S. development finance inst...

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) provides a comprehensive federal scheme for the regulation of employee pension and welf...

Pension advances and pension investments are products that, while based on or related to pension benefits, are generally distinct from the pensions...

This book provides background and analysis of the premiums charged by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), which is a government-owned ...

A pension is a voluntary benefit offered by employers to assist employees in providing for their financial security in retirement. Public and priva...