Posted date: 7/7/2008
Pension Managers, Companies Push Saving Plans

By Nadra Kareem
San Fernando Valley Business Journal Staff

High fuel prices. The mortgage crisis. Rising unemployment.

These are all factors causing Americans to not save as much as they should for retirement. But financial services insiders believe that a general lack of financial literacy, the failure of companies to educate employees about retirement planning and a belief that the government will rescue them from destitution in old age are the main reasons Americans aren’t aggressively saving for their retirement years.

“I think that people in general underestimate just how much money they really do need to save for retirement,” said Shannah Compton, a financial advisor and a partner of SLC Insurance Services Inc. in Woodland Hills. “I think it will be a huge toll on state, local and federal resources (if people don’t save).”

Compton, who specializes in financial literacy for the under-40 crowd, believes that younger generations will be particularly disadvantaged if they don’t save because advances in medicine will likely result in them living longer, thereby lengthening the amount of time they spend in retirement.

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Shannah spoke at the National Association of Health Underwriters National Convention in June, 2007 about her observation of the overwhelming lack of young agents in the insurance industry.

Download the audio clip hosted by http://www.nahu.org/newagents