Social Security Strategies

Overview

Social Security has become an important component of most retirees' overall financial plans. More than ever, it is critically important that producers and advisors understand Social Security benefits and how to maximize those benefits for their clients. This course covers Social Security, focusing on claiming strategies and how to make the most of the available benefits. Accordingly, the course provides numerous examples to illustrate the more complicated principles and strategies and clarify how the rules can be applied to a client's benefit.

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Objectives

  • Explain how Social Security retirement benefits are calculated
  • Demonstrate understanding of the effect that claiming benefits early, at full retirement age, and beyond full retirement age has on the benefit amount
  • Explain how immediate income needs, the availability of other assets, risk tolerance, longevity, health, marital status, and continued work may affect the Social Security claiming decision
  • Explain how a spousal benefit is calculated and interacts with a working spouse's benefit
  • Describe the different claiming strategies that married couples and survivors can use to maximize their benefits
  • Explain how Social Security benefits are taxed once income exceeds certain threshold levels

Designed For:

Life and health insurance producers and finance professionals




Course Information

Adding additional credit may change exam requirements.