The Power of Tax-Deferred Annuities for Long-Term Growth

Tax-deferred annuities allow your money to grow more efficiently by delaying taxes on earnings, giving compounding a greater impact over time. This blog explains how that growth works, explores different annuity options, and highlights how tax timing can support long-term financial goals. It also provides a balanced look at when annuities make sense and what to consider before incorporating them into your strategy.
April 16, 2026 Read More »

Supporting Your Health with Dental Vision Hearing Insurance

While major medical plans often focus on covering costs for unexpected events like sudden illness or extensive surgery, coverage for long-term health through dental, vision and hearing (DVH) is sometimes undervalued or overlooked. These are important aspects of overall health that should be supported with insurance because each of them plays a fundamental role in our quality of life.
January 26, 2026 Read More »

Planning for Better: A Special Short-Term Care Q&A

November is National Long-Term Care (LTC) Awareness Month, and we want to highlight how Long-Term Care and Short-Term Care differ and what makes ManhattanLife’s OmniFlex™ Short-Term Care a helpful product for all adults. To accomplish this, we knew there was no better person to consult than with Short-Term Care and Senior Solutions expert, Todd Tippets, President of Standard Life and Casualty Insurance Company (Standard Life).
November 19, 2025 Read More »
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Screenless Paradise: A Case for a Phone Vacation

Picture the last time you shared a meal with another person at a restaurant. In the span of an hour: How many times did you glance at your phone? How many times did they look at theirs? And what about digital watch notifications? A dinner like this is where victory and loss collide. It’s absolutely a triumph that you managed to meet in person. But when you are together, because of an apparent bond to the screen, you are each still, at least attentionally, distant from one another...
October 30, 2025 Read More »
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Valiance at Home: A Tribute to Family Caregivers

The woman wakes, jolted by a cough from down the hall. The sound is loud and insistent, tearing through darkness, a siren made just for her. Then the hall goes silent, bringing peace that’s sure to be fleeting. The woman tries to savor the moment and relax. Cradled by a lounge chair, she makes a feeble attempt at stretching, her eyes widening more while she does.
July 31, 2025 Read More »
Purpose and Permanence: ManhattanLife Across Time, Part 2

Purpose and Permanence: ManhattanLife Across Time, Part 2

Manhattan Life Insurance flourished throughout the 1950s. This is partly due to the growing demand for supplemental health insurance and major medical plans, in general. By this time, house calls made up 10% of physician-patient encounters, a plummet from 40% in the 1930s. With improved specialization and newer technology, more people were visiting doctor’s offices and hospitals instead. But it is important to contextualize all this with an expansive, Cinemascope view.
July 12, 2025 Read More »