Life Insurance
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How not to close
By Jill KonrathIf you focus on the business value of your products, your prospects will close you.
January 02, 2013
Illinois Dragging Feet on Huge Pension ProblemLawmakers will convene again the first week in January in hopes of fixing the nation's worst case of underfunding state employees' pensions, a problem approaching $100 billion and mounting by $17 million per day.
January 02, 2013
Low interest rates to persist in 2013Low U.S. interest rates in 2013 will continue to depress life insurers investment yields, according to a new forecast.
January 02, 2013
Forget Zero-Sum: Much of Life and Economics Is Win/WinIf our legislators and regulators realized this, we would all be much better off.
January 02, 2013
Industry girds for next tax battleInstructions and a process for tax reform could be in the next legislative session, said NAIFA President Rob Smith.
January 02, 2013
Good year expected for North American stocksBMO Financial anticipates another positive stock performance in 2013, with the U.S. setting the tone.
January 02, 2013
Athene makes another acquisitionLess than a month after its Aviva USA buyout, Athene picked up Presidential Life.
January 02, 2013
Interest rates near zero put savers in a bindThe historically low interest rates aren't leaving many options for retirement saving.