Article: Plannings' 'black hole' needs filling. (International Association for Financial Planning Convention Report)

DALLAS--The dying are being neglected by financial planners, speakers at a seminar on the terminally ill reported.

There is an acute, immediate need, which speakers at the International Association for Financial Planning called a "chasm," and "the black hole of financial planning."

But they hastened to add that from that vacuum, a whole new financial planning specialty is poised to develop over the next several years.

Only a handful of financial planners nationwide specialize in helping the dying, according to Brent Nance, an insurance specialist and a board member of Affording Care, an informational center providing financial help to the ...

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