Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Capital standards and now 'critical' insurers, oh my
By Elizabeth D. FestaFSB consultation draft calling for failure resolution standards not only for G-SIIs but for "critical" insurers, a new class.
August 15, 2013
When shareholder activism goes too farShort-term returns do not always equal long-term viability.
August 15, 2013
Towers-Watson: DB plans outperform DC plansDB plans enjoyed a 2.74 percent rate of return in 2011, while DC plans saw a negative return of -0.22 percent.
August 15, 2013
Unified managed accounts double marketshareUnified managed account assets garnered 7.7 percent of all managed account assets in 2012, double the 3.8 percent Cerulli recorded in 2008.
August 15, 2013
2 reasons to review your clients' ILITs nowHigher premiums and new estate tax laws may have changed your clients' irrevocable life insurance trust needs.
August 15, 2013
2 reasons to review your clients' ILITs nowHigher premiums and new estate tax laws may have changed your clients' irrevocable life insurance trust needs.
August 15, 2013
The value of cash value life insuranceIf your clients like what you are recommending now, they will adore it in the future.
August 15, 2013
5 ways to improve underwriting rules enginesUpdating underwriting rules engines could make life insurance sales much more consumer (and agent) friendly.