Your Federal Life — Sept. 4, 2024

Our theme today is not only what you earn and save, but what you leave behind. Anyone with a career, assets and perhaps a family needs a little estate planning. It might be arcane, but it matters unless you plan to live forever. That’s why shrewd federal employees spend a lot of time ensuring not only that they’ll have enough money to retire, but also to benefit heirs or organizations such as favored charities. Too often, though, they don’t spend enough effort on the legal documents needed to protect a modern estate. Here with a few important reminders, wealth advisor Thiago Glieger.

Plus, we continue with today’s theme of estate planning and what happens after you’re gone. Military service members sometimes have higher risks, so they need to think about estate planning too. For some tips, we turn to the president and CEO of the Navy Mutual Aid Association, Brian Luther.