Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
A retirement story – Mujahid Abdul-Rashid on his Day One
By Staff WriterOne retiring suit salesman provides insight on his hopes and fears as he embarks on retirement.
October 03, 2012
It should be bought, not soldLife Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM) is over and I have to wonder about its effectiveness. Those of us involved in the industry undoubtedly knew that that there was an awareness campaign going on but what about Tim, the bartender at a local establishment, who I know from conversations holds no...
October 03, 2012
Standing togetherWarnings by key industry officials of an Armageddon for the life industry through coming talks over restraining out-of-control budget deficits masks certain realities the industry obviously doesnt want to accept.
October 03, 2012
Mind the GapThe width and depth of the protection Gap is clearly a double-edged sword for insurance companies as well as the agents who sell their products.
October 03, 2012
An Uneasy Eye to the FutureRobert Miller, now the immediate past president of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, provided an exclusive interview to National Underwriter Senior Editor Warren S. Hersch
October 03, 2012
BabymakingA recent study by Professors Chris M. Herbst of Arizona State University and John Ifcher of Santa Clara University suggests that people who have children are happier than those who do not have children. The idea wasnt so much that people who have kids are necessarily made more happy by...
October 03, 2012
Why alternative investments might be right for your clientOnce reserved for a narrow slice of the investing public, alternative investments are finding greater traction with mainstream advisors and investors, including seniors.
October 03, 2012
The Hartford sale to Prudential seen as a positive moveIndustry analysts are calling the sale of the Hartfords individual life unit to Prudential last week a positive for the company because it will force the Hartford to concentrate on businesses where it is a dominant player.