Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Nationwide poll: tax code changes concern affluent investors
By Warren S. HerschMore than six in 10 high net worth investors are concerned that forthcoming tax code changes will have a negative impact on their investment portfolios.
November 16, 2012
Layers, part 1A veteran long-term care insurance advocate wants colleagues to think about the Hummer.
November 16, 2012
The most important tax break is the one that nobody talks aboutReally want to cut the deficit? Maybe Congress needs to increase taxes on investment income.
November 16, 2012
Americans assess what Obama can accomplish in next termAmericans were more optimistic four years ago on what the president could accomplish in his first term.
November 16, 2012
MetLife to sell bank to GE CapitalMetLife will be allowed to sell its bank to GE Capital early next year, but is still likely to be designated as systemically significant (SIFI), an insurance analyst says.
November 16, 2012
Conning: Life settlements face supply and demand disparityLife settlement sales decreased for the fourth straight year in 2011, partly due to investor nervousness.
November 16, 2012
Direct marketing still involves agentsMore life policies may be sold without face-to-face interaction, but AccuQuote's Byron Udell is clear: "You can't buy life insurance from a vending machine."