Why women need to get their financial house in order

Women should get their financial house in order before there is a calamity instead of scrambling during the chaos.

That’s the core message certified financial planner Karen Tovey, senior director at Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & Blayney, told me she will deliver this week at “readiness” panels in Vienna and the District.

“Prepare now when there is no crisis,” she said.

A few statistical realities drive home the reasons why, she said. For example:

About 90 percent of women survive their male spouse…