Think twice before you join the growing number of 62-year-olds who are deciding to be “early claimers” of their Social ...

Claiming Social Security early doesn’t just shrink your checks—it also cuts survivor benefits for your spouse and children.

Social Security employees fear that adding complicated unpaid pension claims to their priority list will push routine needs ...

In recent years, the issue of dormant accounts and unclaimed benefits within the Social Security and National Insurance Trust ...

Each year, members of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) gather to discuss strategies to help America’s ...

Janice’s husband died suddenly last year after having a stroke. The couple were a few years away from retirement. Janice, 62, ...

so you can’t pay the bills without your grandmother’s Social Security benefits. If your grandmother legally adopted you or you lived with her for an eligible period of time prior to her death ...

An Associated Press analysis shows hundreds of families are waiting years to learn whether they qualify. More are ultimately ...

The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) now grants central government employees retirement and death gratuity benefits similar to ...

That's because Social Security officials have tweaked ... issues like problems with Medicaid payments, death underpayments or when disability benefits and retirement benefits are accidentally ...

Some financial decisions need to be made sooner rather than later. In honor of International Widows' Day, here's what you ...