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Humana Inc. said Monday it has been named as a defendant in a purported class action lawsuit claiming the health insurer provided certain retirement plan participants with misleading information, among other things.

There hasn't been much to celebrate about the credit crunch, but one group who may have reason to crack open the champagne are those who are about to retire. Anyone who has saved up in a defined contribution money purchase scheme - a scheme where they or their employers have put money aside, rather than one based on their final salary - needs at some point to buy an annuity. An annuity is an insurance policy that provides an income for life, and since the credit crunch started to bite annuity payout rates have climbed, resulting in the highest rates since 2004.

John Ameriks, head of Vanguard's Investment Counseling and Research group, discusses how to manage assets during the 'golden years'?

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A defined benefit retirement or pension plan is becoming more and more obsolete in favor of defined contribution plans. There are, however, several companies that still offer these plans to...

Chief Executive Ken Thompson will be replaced on an interim basis by Lanty Smith. Smith currently serves as chairman of Charlotte, N.C.-based Wachovia Corp.

We're looking for passionate and enthusiastic individual to be the Guide to the retirement Planning site on About.com!What sort of information do we want the new Guide to provide?Well, we're...

You?re playing a game and all at once someone shouts ?Do over? and everyone starts the game over. You get ?do overs? in quite a few things in life but...

Once again, Kiplinger?s is teaming with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors to offer 2 days of free financial advice. This advice would normally cost you $100 to $250...