Physician, Insure Thyself
By Marlene Y. SatterDisability insurance is undergoing some interesting changes. According to John Ryan of Ryan Insurance Strategy Consultants in Greenwood Village, Colorado, one of those changes is...
October 01, 2006
Seeking LiquidityDespite the enormous potential the life settlement market offers, experts are not sure how quickly it will get going. There has been too much confusion...
October 01, 2006
Southern ExposureThe Canadians are coming, the Canadians are coming! Spurred by a strong currency and a mature domestic market lacking in significant growth opportunities, some of Canada's...
October 01, 2006
The Times Are A-ChangingIn an August 22 presentation, Mindy Lubber, president of the environmental and investment coalition Ceres, baldly said that global warming is "the greatest threat the...
September 22, 2006
Protecting the ProtectorsOn September 21, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act
September 01, 2006
Insurance StreamliningInsurers and investors of all stripes are having their day in the sun this summer with action on major legislation, including the streamlining of specialty...
September 01, 2006
Shelter from the StormTsunami. Hurricane. Earthquake. Civil war. Each is a disaster, with human costs beyond calculating. The destruction of material goods, however, in the form of homes,...
August 02, 2006
Insurers Reduce CostsWhen Raymond James Financial announced earlier this year that it would require insurance companies who provide annuities through Raymond James advisors to make their product offerings simpler and less costly to investors, and volunteered to take less in commissions to enable the insurance companies to reduce costs to clients, it...