Events like wildfires and hurricanes can mean health-related or relocation costs for retirees.
Indexing will slow the rise in Medicare premiums for some retirees.
The rise in Medigap premiums is outpacing Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment, and the disparity is likely to get worse in 2020.
Research finding contradicts conventional wisdom that single women face bleaker retirement prospects.
Workers must claim their own benefits to trigger spousal benefits for a mate.
Breaking up the numbers can replace the panic with planning.
Ex-spouses have more claiming options than married couples.
Even the very wealthy can find divorcing late in life financially draining, emotionally harrowing — and messy.
Living longer means paying more health-care costs in retirement.
Failing to enroll in Medicare at the right time can trigger costly consequences, both in terms of medical coverage and money.
The move can boost future benefits, but beware of unintended consequences.
A new study finds suboptimal timing costs $111,000 per household.
Researchers suggest the funds don't adequately hedge against sequence-of-returns risk in retirement.
Shortened life expectancy puts the focus on future survivor benefits.
Fewer than one in 10 older adults can identify all four of the factors that determine how much a person can receive in benefits.