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20. Retirement-Related Considerations from Retirement Expert Tom Hegna, CLU, ChFC, CASL



While June is annuity awareness month, this week’s conversation goes beyond just annuities to encapsulate many other retirement-related components.

In this episode, economist, author, and retirement expert Tom Hegna joins Jack Martin to break down valuable retirement considerations. Covering everything from retirement income and taxes to life insurance, healthcare, and more, Tom shares his best advice so that you, too, can become a retirement expert like him.

Tom discusses:

  • Why retirement doesn’t have to be difficult nor complicated 
  • Reasons advisors should talk about tax diversification with clients
  • Considerations for the 4% rule
  • The three levels of a fiduciary and how to tackle misinformation around them 
  • Why you might want to leave your children life insurance rather than money
  • And more!

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About our Guest:

Tom Hegna is an economist, author, and retirement expert. He has been an incredibly popular industry speaker for many years and is considered by many to be THE Retirement Income Expert.

As a former First Vice President at New York Life, retired Lieutenant Colonel, and economist, Tom has delivered over 5,000 seminars and has condensed his knowledge into five different books.