Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Grandpa has dementia, but he's still trading stocks
By Staff WriterSuggesting that you should take over the finances of an aging relative is an extremely tricky situation.
October 10, 2012
Prudential to discontinue the sale of dental insurancePrudential Group Insurance announced yesterday that it would discontinue the sale of dental insurance which the division offers chiefly to the small-group market.
October 10, 2012
The Rose’s Thorn: Increasing Premium Rates for Hybrid Life Insurance-LTC PoliciesPremiums for long-term care insurance have increased dramatically in recent years, causing clients to turn to hybrid policies that, unlike traditional long-term care policies, are certain to provide some type of future benefit.
October 09, 2012
Reaching across the aisleIts time to create bipartisan financial strategies for clients that include growth and safety.
October 09, 2012
5 questions: How should you handle the shift to gender-based LTCI pricing?Change can make life difficult, but it can also create opportunities to start conversations.
October 09, 2012
PerTrac study: Investment returns of hedge funds fell in 2011The report reveals that the average large fund declined least, dipping 2.63 percent, compared to the dips of the average small fund, down 2.78 percent; and the average mid-size fund, which fell 2.95 percent.
October 09, 2012
4 Easy Steps for Investors on Retirement Planning: Russell’s Tim NoonanNoonan and his Capital Markets Insights colleague Sophie Gilbert offer four steps for advisors to help their clients become more engaged in retirement planning.
October 09, 2012
Insurers in U.S., world, form new global trade associationThe first-ever Federation, representing 87 percent of the insurance business globally, had its first meeting on trade and growth priorities this week.