• Read more about HS 355 Managing the Retirement Income Plan

The third course in the RICP® series focuses on initial and ongoing retirement income plan management. This knowledge will help you:

• Choose the appropriate tax-efficient distribution options from a retirement plan
  
• Help a client create a health expense budget and navigate the many decisions regarding Medicare and other health care options
  
• Help a client prepare for their long-term care needs
  
• Navigate retirement housing decisions and address home equity strategies
  
• Identify the key ethical issues in retirement income planning
  
• Create and manage retirement income portfolios appropriate for each clients situation

000282 RICP^® Single Course 3 1.00 Retirement Planning Financial Planning Professional Designations & Certifications Mid Career Professional Yes Yes 0002821 AL AL AR AR CO CO DE DE GA GA HI HI KS KS KY KY LA LA MD MD ME ME MI MI MN MN NC NC NE NE NH NH NJ NJ NM NM NV NV NY NY SC SC SD SD TN TN UT UT VA VA AZ CA CT IA ID IN MA MO MS MT OK OR PA PR RI TX VT WI WV WY FL WA IL OH ND 10G

• Read more about HS 354 Sources of Retirement Income

The second of the program's three courses explores sources of retirement income in depth. After completion, you should be able to:

• Recommend the optimal age to claim Social Security benefits as appropriate for each clients situation
  
• Help the client evaluate the factors to consider when determining an appropriate retirement age
  
• Understand the role of annuities in a retirement income plan
  
• Have a better understanding of how executive benefits and retirement benefits for federal and military employees fit into the plan
  
• Understand the different ways that life insurance can be used in planning and how to address the retirement needs of the small business owner
  
• Understand how to build a retirement income portfolio
  
• Become more familiar with the latest research on strategies for ensuring that retirement assets last a lifetime

000278 RICP^® Single Course 2 1.00 Retirement Planning Financial Planning Professional Designations & Certifications Mid Career Professional Yes Yes 0002781 AL AL AR AR AZ AZ CA CA CO CO CT CT DE DE GA GA HI HI IA IA ID ID IN IN KS KS KY KY LA LA MA MA MD MD ME ME MI MI MN MN MO MO MS MS MT MT NC NC NE NE NH NH NJ NJ NM NM NV NV NY NY OR OR PA PA RI RI SC SC SD SD TN TN UT UT VT VT WI WI WV WV WY WY OK PR TX VA FL WA IL OH ND 10G

• Read more about HS 353 Retirement Income Process, Strategies and Solutions

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Understand the steps in creating an effective retirement income plan
  
• Identify retirement income needs, objectives, and goals by evaluating the clients current situation
  
• Determine how to choose the appropriate retirement income strategy for your clients
  
• Evaluate income tax, estate issues, retirement risks, and other threats to an effective retirement income plan
  
• Integrate risk management tools, products, and strategies to create an effective retirement income plan

000277 RICP^® FSCP^® Single Course 1 1.00 Retirement Planning Financial Planning Practice Management Professional Designations & Certifications Mid Career Professional Early Career Professional Yes Yes 0002771 AL AL AR AR AZ AZ CA CA CO CO CT CT DE DE GA GA HI HI IA IA ID ID IN IN KS KS KY KY LA LA MA MA MD MD ME ME MI MI MN MN MS MS MT MT NC NC NE NE NH NH NJ NJ NM NM NV NV NY NY OK OK OR OR PA PA PR PR RI RI SC SC SD SD TN TN UT UT VT VT WI WI WV WV WY WY MO TX FL WA IL OH ND 10G

• Read more about FP 99 Foundations of Financial Planning

This course provides an overview of the major planning areas that financial professionals need to understand when serving clients. It summarizes the more common financial needs and the financial products used to address them. The course outlines the big picture needed to effectively offer financial products and services that are consistent with clients’ overall financial situation and needs. 000305 FSCP^® Single Course 3 1.00 Practice Management Professional Designations & Certifications Early Career Professional Yes Yes 0003051 AL AL AL AR AR AR AZ AZ AZ CA CA CT CT CT DE DE DE GA GA GA HI HI HI IA IA IA ID ID IN IN KS KS KY KY MA MA MA MD MD MD ME ME ME MI MI MI MN MN MT MT MT NC NC NC NE NE NE NH NH NJ NJ NJ NM NM NM NV NV NV NY NY NY OK OK OR OR OR PA PA PA PR PR PR RI RI RI SC SC SD SD SD TN TN TN UT UT UT VA VA VT VT VT WI WI WI WV WV WV WY WY WY CO LA MO MS TX FL IL OH ND WA 20G

• Read more about FA 200 Techniques for Prospecting: Prospect or Perish

Teaches financial professionals industry-proven methods for successfully identifying, selecting and approaching prospects for financial products and services. The course covers procedures for creating prospect awareness, target marketing concepts, and prospect qualification and prioritization techniques. Students learn how to overcome the psychological barriers to prospecting and innovative approaches to setting income and activity goals. Strategic, tactical and operational business planning processes are presented in detail, along with effective contact management systems. In addition, practice management concepts, professionalism, and ethics are explored. 000249 FSCP^® Single Course 1 1.00 Practice Management Professional Designations & Certifications Early Career Professional No Yes 0002491 HI HI KS KS MD MD MN MN NH NH NJ NJ NY OK OK RI RI TN TN CT MS PR WI IL ND 0

• Read more about FA 257 Essentials of Life Insurance Products

Begins with an overview of the two basic types of life insurance policies — term and whole life — and then builds on that knowledge with an overview of the many product variations sold in today’s markets. The course also explores personal, family, and business uses of life insurance products, as well as policy illustrations, cost comparison methods, income and estate taxation, policy provisions, marketing ideas, and ethical issues facing the financial advisor. Provides a review of the selling/planning process for life insurance product solutions. 000159 FSCP^® Single Course 5 1.00 Practice Management Professional Designations & Certifications Early Career Professional Yes Yes 0001591 AL AL AR AR AZ AZ CA CA CO CO CT CT DE DE GA GA HI HI IA IA IN IN KS KS KY KY LA LA MA MA MD MD ME ME MI MI MN MN MO MO MS MS MT MT NC NC NE NE NH NH NJ NJ NM NM NV NV NY NY OK OK PA PA PR PR SC SC SD SD TN TN UT UT VT VT WI WI WV WV WY WY ID OR RI TX VA FL IL OH ND WA 5G

• Read more about FA 222 Essentials of Insurance and Financial Needs

This course teaches multiline insurance professionals to use the periodic financial review to help their property and liability customers obtain the various insurance and other financial products they need to achieve their dreams and protect their income and assets. The course provides an overview for how to establish need, gather and analyze information, and develop recommendations for products in the various levels of the revised financial planning pyramid. Products discussed include: disability income insurance, life insurance, long-term care insurance, mutual funds and annuities. Retirement and estate planning are also covered. 000129 FSCP^® Single Course 4 1.00 Practice Management Professional Designations & Certifications Early Career Professional Yes Yes 0001291 AL AL AR AR CO CO DE DE GA GA HI HI KS KS KY KY MA MA ME ME MI MI MN MN MS MS NC NC NE NE NH NH NJ NJ NM NM NV NV NY NY OR OR PR PR SC SC SD SD TN TN UT UT VT VT WV WV AZ CA CT IA ID IN LA MD MO MT PA RI TX VA WI FL IL OH WY ND WA OK 5G

• Read more about HS 331 Planning for the Business Owner and Professional

Focuses on tax and legal aspects of organizing a business; compensation planning for the business owner; business succession planning; buy-sell agreements; estate planning and estate freezing techniques; methods for transferring a family business; lifetime disposition of a business interest. 000026 CLU^® Single Course 4 1.00 Insurance and Risk Management Professional Designations & Certifications Early Career Professional Mid Career Professional Yes Yes 0000261 AL AL AR AR CO CO CT CT DE DE GA GA HI HI IA IA ID ID KS KS KY KY LA LA MA MA MD MD ME ME MI MI MN MN MO MO MS MS MT MT NC NC NE NE NH NH NJ NJ NM NM NV NV NY NY OK OK OR OR PA PA PR PR RI RI SC SC SD SD TN TN UT UT VA VA VT VT WI WI WV WV WY WY AZ CA IN TX FL IL OH ND WA 20G

• Read more about HS 324 Legal Aspects of Life Insurance

Examines legal rights and obligations of the policy owner and the insurance company, the way disputes between the insured and insurers are resolved and general principles of the judicial process. Covers legal aspects of life insurance, including basic principles of contract law; policy provisions and the incontestable clause; assignments, ownership rights and creditor rights; beneficiary designations and disposition of proceeds; the law of agency; and advertising and privacy issues. 000014 CLU^® Single Course 2 1.00 Insurance and Risk Management Professional Designations & Certifications Early Career Professional Mid Career Professional Yes Yes 0000141 AL AL AR AR AZ AZ CA CA CO CO CT CT DE DE GA GA HI HI IA IA ID ID IN IN KS KS KY KY LA LA MA MA MD MD ME ME MI MI MO MO MS MS MT MT NC NC NE NE NE NE NH NH NJ NJ NM NM NV NV NY NY OK OK OR OR PA PA PR PR RI RI SC SC SD SD TN TN UT UT VA VA VT VT WI WI WV WV WY WY MN TX FL IL OH ND WA 28G

• Read more about HS 323 The Tools and Techniques of Life Insurance Planning

Focuses on life insurance policies and annuities available for the personal needs of individuals and their use in financial planning. Covers individual insurance products, insurance reserves regulation, and the organization, operations, and investments of insurance companies. 000011 CLU^® FSCP^® Single Course 7 1.00 Insurance and Risk Management Practice Management Professional Designations & Certifications Early Career Professional Mid Career Professional Yes Yes 0000111 AL AL AR AR AZ AZ CA CA CO CO CT CT DE DE GA GA HI HI IA IA ID ID IN IN KS KS KY KY LA LA MA MA MD MD ME ME MI MI MS MS MT MT NC NC NE NE NH NH NJ NJ NM NM NV NV NY NY OK OK OR OR PA PA PR PR RI RI SC SC SD SD TN TN TX TX UT UT VA VA VT VT WI WI WV WV WY WY MN MO FL WA IL OH ND 28G