Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Back-to-school special: clearing up misperceptions about life insurance
By Mark HugSeptember is a month of new beginnings for many families. There are back-to-school clothes to buy and class supplies to gather. For some parents, it's time to watch a child head off to college for the first year. We spend time, at least a little bit, looking ahead and making...
September 13, 2012
Week in Pictures | September 14, 2012McDonalds restaurants, Americas newest calorie-counter; Europes $640 billion rescue fund; the West Nile virus and the Fed still trying to stimulate the economy. This and more in the Week in Pictures.
September 13, 2012
New NAIFA President Details Association's Challenges, Plans for GrowthThe new president of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors outlined how the 122-year-old organization plans to reverse the decline in membership.
September 13, 2012
A $4 trillion Dodd-Frank loopholeTo get around a Dodd-Frank requirement, bankers have offered to help traders turn risky securities into the bonds they need.
September 13, 2012
The end of growth?Here's a depressing fact you probably haven't heard before: From 1300 to 1750, the world saw zero economic growth.
September 13, 2012
Moody’s in a moodDont worry about deficit cutting just now, says Robert Reich. The U.S. economy is not near as bad as the rating agencies think it is.
September 13, 2012
NAIFA Awards Top Industry Honor to Brian AsheThe National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors bestowed the life insurance industry's top industry honor on Brian Ashe during a luncheon at NAIFA's Career Conference and Annual Meeting on Tuesday.
September 13, 2012
NAIFA Awards Top Industry Honor to Brian AsheThe National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors bestowed the life insurance industry's top industry honor on Brian Ashe during a luncheon at NAIFA's Career Conference and Annual Meeting on Tuesday.