Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Insurers’ use of social media has jumped more than 50 percent since 2010
By Catherine Theroux, LIMRAA new LIMRA survey finds that 93 percent of life insurance companies had social media programs in place in 2013, up 55 percent from 2010.
July 22, 2014
Workplace, benefits satisfaction at 6-year lowEmployees are increasingly unhappy with their workplaces and benefits packages, a new study finds; ratings are at their lowest levels since 2008.
July 22, 2014
Kotlikoff: Investors at Risk of Wipeout, SIPC a FraudEconomist Laurence Kotlikoff says all Americans should close their brokerage accounts immediately because of what he calls a massive insurance scam by the SIPC.
July 22, 2014
Most DC plan participants receive matching contributionsOnly 72 percent of women contribute enough to receive the full employer match, compared with 82 percent of men.
July 22, 2014
Yellen wage gauges blurred by boomer-millennial shiftAverage earnings could be depressed for years, making them a less-useful tool in signaling a tightening of the labor market.
July 22, 2014
Securities America buys BD assets from Kansas City LifeThe Sunset Financial acquisition expected to add 268 reps with $2.4 billion in client assets.
July 22, 2014
Securities America buys BD assets from Kansas City LifeThe Sunset Financial acquisition expected to add 268 reps with $2.4 billion in client assets.
July 22, 2014
U.S. stocks rise on inflation, corporate earnings releasesThe Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 55.06 points, or 0.3 percent, to 17,106.79.