Optional Federal Chartering: Be Careful What You Ask For
By Staff WriterOptional Federal Chartering: Be Careful What You Ask ForThe American Council of Life Insurers last month decided to formally pursue optional federal chartering for life ...
December 09, 2001
Make MSAs Permanent? It's On The 107th Congress' AgendaMake MSAs Permanent? Its On The 107th Congress' AgendaByThey say hindsight is 20-20 vision. But the savvy financial advisors who first promoted individual retirement accounts ...
December 09, 2001
Tie-In Sales May Have Strange ConsequencesOne of my favorite aphorisms states, "You should never tear down a fence until you know why it was put there in the first place."Fences ...
December 09, 2001
Tackling The Problem Of Annuity PersistencyThe problem of annuity persistency seems to be growing, not shrinking. Over the past few years, most insurance carriers have expressed disappointment with annuity lapses ...
December 09, 2001
If You Provide Choices To Clients, The 'Hottest Product' Shouldn't MatterIf You Provide Choices To Clients, The Hottest Product Shouldn't MatterByThe life insurance industry has a long history of hot product offerings. It makes you ...
December 09, 2001
On The Edge Of The Cutting Edge: Transformational ProductsBySome producers say the so-called "transformational" products are just what todays clients ordered. Others say the designs are too complex to bother with.Either way, theyve ...
December 09, 2001
Using Retirement Plan Benefits In Charitable GivingUsing Retirement Plan Benefits In Charitable GivingByAs we all know, retirement assets constitute a significant portion of the net worth of many of our clients. ...
December 09, 2001
Biometric Products To Help Fight Fraud Make Debut At ComdexLas Vegas Several new security products utilizing biometric technologiestechnologies that identify individuals using unique biological data such as fingerprints or iris patternswere introduced at Comdex ...