Social Security survivors benefits can be an important source of financial stability after your partner passes away.

A new Social Security Administration report shows how benefits vary by age and lifetime earnings, and why higher earners ...

”I have a higher monthly pension benefit until my Full Retirement Age of 67.” ...

Q. In a column last month discussing Social Security’s earning limits of $23,400 (“Timing is key for initiating survivor benefits”), you did not distinguish between work earnings and other income. The ...

In early February, the U.S.’s Social Security Administration is scheduled for a payment run benefiting two groups of ...

Today - Wednesday, Jan. 28 - the SSA is to send out payments to certain recipients of retirement benefits, Social Security ...

Dear Liz: I am 68 and still working. I plan to wait until age 70 to maximize my benefit before taking Social Security. My spouse (born in 1956) passed away in 2018 after just beginning to draw her ...

Social Security beneficiaries will get a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year. Cost-of-living adjustments help ensure that benefits keep pace with inflation. Individuals who are receiving ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Hager – “Mister Social Security” – offers expert advice from Ohio. This article explains the many Social Security benefits ...

How do survivor benefits work for divorced spouses? How to collect Social Security on a deceased ex-spouse Advisors’ role in helping clients claim survivor benefits Social Security rules allow a ...