The U.S. has only undergone a contingent election on three occasions: 1801, to elect President Thomas Jefferson. Then in 1825 to pick President John Quincy Adams. Finally in 1837 to elect Vice ...

Today, the ability to hire and retain talent is top of mind in the C-suite, with more than three out every four executives saying it’s the most critical factor to achieving growth. As the focus on ...

Since the start of the pandemic, businesses have experienced a series of challenges: supply chain disruption, labor market shifts, geo-political instability, inflation and now recession. Even before ...

A secondary beneficiary, also called a contingent beneficiary, is a person or entity entitled to get a distribution of assets from an estate or trust after the estate owner’s death if the primary ...

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A contingent beneficiary can help ensure that your assets, trusts and insurance payouts go to the parties you want them to go to. What is a contingent beneficiary? Whether setting up a financial ...

Some annuities allow naming a contingent annuitant to receive payments after the primary dies. Designating a contingent often means lower initial payments than a single-life annuity. Choosing a ...

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Cargo insurance, underwritten by groups called managed risk clubs, covers almost every possible risk. Should the manager risk club decline payment on a claim for the loss or damage of a shipper's ...

The AICPA outlined its concerns to Congress about provisions in the tax bill that could hurt the accounting profession, including a section that allows long-debated contingent fees that it described ...

A contingent value right, or CVR, is a type of derivative whose value is based on some future event. If the event occurs by a specified date, then the CVR distributes a pre-determined payout, often in ...