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3 Good Closing Lines, 3 Bad Closing Lines
By Ed McCarthySometimes, clients who need your products also need a little extra help getting to 'yes.'
August 21, 2017
Fed's Big Bond Unwind May Clobber U.S. Stocks, Corporate DebtWill this save life insurers, be the next big driver of systemic risk, neither, or both?
August 21, 2017
Manhattan Gets $20,000-a-Month Homes for New Breed of SeniorsBuilders want a New York City complex to feel like part of the neighborhood.
August 21, 2017
Life Agents Face Internal Awareness Threat: Marvin FeldmanThe head of a major outreach campaign wants producers to reach out to their home offices.
August 19, 2017
Aflac Turns to KKR as Kirsch Diversifies $120 Billion PortfolioThe company hopes to offset pressure from low rates on government bonds in the United States and Japan.
August 19, 2017
Why Most US Pension Plans Will Shaft Their ParticipantsThe world is already facing a $427 trillion retirement savings shortfall.
August 19, 2017
China Codifies Crackdown on `Irrational' Outbound InvestmentSome big proposed and pending deals have involved insurance.
August 18, 2017
Bill With Fiduciary Rule Ban, ACA Defunding Nears House FloorOne provision in H.R. 3354 would ban use of plan fees to keep the public exchange system going.