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Western & Southern Life's takeCHARGE! newsletter is packed with helpful information about saving, insurance, investing, retirement, money management, and taxes. It also features personal life stories from our customers and fun topics like travel and cooking. Read through our past issues* below to see what you may have missed!

NOTE: takeCHARGE! newsletters are entered "as issued" historically and are believed to be accurate at the time. No attempt is made to correct or update them based on subsequent events.

Fall 2007 Retirement Issue
  • Your Life Insurance Should Fit Like a Comfy Pair of Jeans
  • Allergy-proof Your Home
  • Protect Yourself from Identity Theft!
  • Creating an Emergency Fund on a Fixed Income
  • Helping Your Grandchildren with College Costs
  • Social Security: Start Early or Delay Payments?
  • What's Your Legacy?

Spring 2007 Retirement Issue
  • You Have to Get Smart and Know the Facts — Even to Retire!
  • Get Fit Without Breaking Your Budget
  • Keep Beneficiary Designations Up to Date
  • Taxation of Charitable Contributions
  • What's Interesting on WSLife.com?

Spring 2007 Special Tax Edition
  • Get Smart About Taxes!
  • Get Fit Without Losing Your Shirt
  • Keep Beneficiary Designations Up to Date
  • Taxation of Charitable Contributions
  • What's Interesting on WSLife.com?

Winter 2007 Retirement Issue
  • Donna's Life Story
  • Easy Money: How to Handle a Windfall
  • Everyday Ways to Save: Western & Southern Life Can Help
  • Head for the Sunshine ... In Key Biscayne
  • New on WSLife.com

Winter 2007 Issue
  • Jessie's Life Story
  • Easy Money: How to Handle a Windfall
  • The Ultimate Home Protection Plan
  • If the Weather Outside is Frightful ...
  • Are You Drinking Your Retirement?
  • New on WSLife.com

Summer 2006 Retirement Issue
  • Relive Hostory — Visit Truro, Massachusetts
  • New England Clam "Chowdah" Recipe
  • How to East a Lobster
  • Life Stories
  • New on WSLife.com – Number FUN!

Summer 2006 Issue
  • Home Security 1-2-3
  • Your Great Outdoors
  • Best Home Security Tip
  • New on WSLife.com – Number FUN!
  • Tasty Tidbits
  • Life Story

Winter 2006 Retirement Issue
  • Tax Control for Retirement Income
  • Get Protection from Market Risks
  • Do You Know These Annuity Words?
  • WSLife.com's Top Five List

Winter 2006 Issue
  • For a Less Taxing 2006
  • Putting Away for the Future
  • Life Insurance as a Tax Strategy
  • WSLife.com's Top Five List

Fall 2005 Retirement Issue
  • Strinking a Balance
  • Guarantee Your Future Income
  • Time for a Move?
  • LifeLines

Fall 2005 Issue
  • Turn Around and They're Gone
  • Something to Build On
  • Be Certain
  • LifeLines

Summer 2005 Retirement Issue
  • How Long Will Your Retirement Last?
  • Financial Freedom Fitted to Your Needs
  • Gather Your Own Financial Data
  • LifeLines

Summer 2005 Issue
  • Dare to Dream
  • Planning to Make Dreams Real: Financial Focus Software
  • Making the Grade
  • LifeLines

Spring 2005 Retirement Issue
  • Preserving Your Retirement Savings
  • Should You Switch?
  • Should You Borrow During Retirement?
  • LifeLines

Spring 2005 Issue
  • Jump-Start Your 2005 Planning
  • Which Is Right for You? Traditional IRAs or Roth IRAs
  • LifeLines

Winter 2005 Retirement Issue
  • Making a Mark with Legacy Master
  • S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Travel Money
  • Did You Know?
  • Passing on Your Wealth
  • LifeLines

Winter 2005 Issue
  • Making a Mark with Legacy Master
  • Digging Out from Holiday Spending
  • Did You Know?
  • Home Improvements That Pay Back
  • LifeLines

Summer 2004 Retirement Issue
  • Women and the Retirement Challenge
  • Protecting Your Financial Identity
  • Did You Know?
  • Extra Protection for Your Life Insurance Proceeds
  • LifeLines

Summer 2004 Issue
  • Women and Retirement — Meeting the Challenge
  • Protecting Your Financial Identity
  • Did You Know?
  • Serving as Executor
  • LifeLines

Spring 2004 Retirement Issue
  • Learning from Investment History
  • For the Charitably Minded
  • Did You Know?
  • Duck These Estate Planning Mistakes
  • LifeLines

Spring 2004 Issue
  • Picking Up the Pieces
  • Return of Premium — A Win-Win Situation
  • Did You Know?
  • When Time Is Short
  • LifeLines

Winter 2004 Retirement Issue
  • Taking Money Out of Your IRA
  • Act Two: Income Replacement and Wealth Transfer
  • Did You Know?
  • Be Careful of Simplistic Planning Rules
  • LifeLines

Winter 2004 Issue
  • Resolve to Save More for Retirement
  • Receiving an Inheritance
  • Did You Know?
  • The Sandwich Generation
  • LifeLines

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