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Peter Katt

Area of Expertise: life insurance

Website: www.peterkatt.com

Biography:
Peter Katt, CFP, LIC, was sole proprietor of Katt & Co., a national fee-only life insurance advising firm located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Besides writing for the AAII Journal, Katt was an insurance columnist for the Journal of Financial Planning and Forbes.com. He was a regular guest on CNBC's Smart Money and appeared on Oprah as a life insurance expert. Katt had been interviewed and quoted in the national financial press over 150 times.

author Image Peter Katt CFP, LIC, was sole proprietor of Katt & Co., a fee-only life insurance advising firm located in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


Recent Articles

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    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS May 2015

  • Misunderstanding Variable Universal Life Can Lead to Adverse Consequences

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    AAII JOURNAL FINANCIAL PLANNING,ESTATE PLANNING July 2014

  • Life Insurance Cash Value: A Practical Discussion

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  • A Primer on Insurance Products

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  • Life Insurance and Estate Gifting

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS March 2012

  • Life Insurance: Managing Premiums and Policy Maturity

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS June 2011

  • Variable Universal Life: Astute Management Required

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS September 2010

  • The Pitfalls of Life Settlements

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS May 2010

  • Lightening the Financial Load of Life Insurance Products

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS,THE BEST OF THE AAII JOURNAL May 2009

  • Insurance Products and Taxes: Keeping Uncle Sam at Bay

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS June 2008

  • The Unsettled State of the Life Settlement Market

    AAII JOURNAL VALUE INVESTING,INSURANCE PRODUCTS September 2007

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    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS July 2006

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    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS May 2006

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  • The Potential Problems With No-Lapse Premium Guarantees

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS July 2003

  • A Life Settlement Update; and Life Insurance in Pension Plans

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS May 2003

  • Hard-to-Spot Differences in Tax Loopholes vs. Tax Scams

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS November 2002

  • Life Insurance Issues to Be Wary of: Surrender Charges & Leaps of Faith

    AAII JOURNAL VALUE INVESTING,INSURANCE PRODUCTS July 2002

  • Does It Make Sense to Sell Your Life Insurance Policy?

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS May 2002

  • Variable Life Insurance Policies and Stock Market Volatility

    AAII JOURNAL INSURANCE PRODUCTS November 2001

  • Vanishing-Premium Policy Designs: The Good and the Bad

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