Most widows and widowers face intense pressure to act fast with life insurance payouts and inheritance assets. Orman says the ...

Quick Read61% of married men make most financial decisions while both spouses spend an equal 6 hours per week managing ...

A surviving spouse named as primary beneficiary can roll an inherited IRA into their own account, while non-spouse heirs must drain it within 10 years. Name your spouse as primary beneficiary for the ...

Suze Orman urges higher-earning spouses to delay Social Security until 70, since the survivor keeps the larger benefit for life. Waiting until 70 versus claiming at 62 can mean over $1,600 more per ...

Two weeks after her husband died unexpectedly at age 52, a 54-year-old widow who had been married for 27 years sat down to write an email to financial guru Suze Orman. She signed it "Broken Heart." ...

For most couples, "What if I die first?" is an uncomfortable conversation. On a recent episode of Suze Orman's "Women & Money" podcast, one listener decided to ask an even more uncomfortable follow-up ...

On her podcast Women & Money, Suze Orman fielded a question from a listener named Jennifer, whose term life policies were expiring just as retirement began. Jennifer and her spouse had saved several ...