Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Actions speak louder than words
By Kelley RobertsonWhether selling cars or insurance, you must make the effort to make a sale.
November 27, 2012
New York issues heavy-duty warning against PBROn the eve of the NAIC manual adoption, New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky launched a warning to his insurance commissioners about principles-based reserving.
November 27, 2012
LIMRA study: fewer pre-retirees feel prepared for retirement than in 2010Only one in four of the 33 million U.S. pre-retirees say they feel very prepared for retirement, compared to 30 percent of pre-retirees surveyed in 2010, according to a new study by LIMRA.
November 27, 2012
Taxing life insurance benefits would be bad—up to a pointThe growing chorus among the nations political elite for closing so-called tax expenditures or loopholes as part of a bipartisan tax-reform package have placed the tax-favored status of life insurance squarely within Congress cross-hairs.
November 27, 2012
Taxing life insurance benefits would be bad—up to a pointThe growing chorus among the nations political elite for closing so-called tax expenditures or loopholes as part of a bipartisan tax-reform package have placed the tax-favored status of life insurance squarely within Congress cross-hairs.
November 27, 2012
Senate considers disability treatyThe pact could affect insurance underwriting and habilitation services standards.
November 27, 2012
Senate considers disability treatyThe pact could affect insurance underwriting and habilitation services standards.
November 27, 2012
Guardian research finds voluntary benefits valuable to employeesEmployees feel that their workplace plays a larger and more important role in their personal finances compared with five years ago, according to a new Guardian study.