Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Middle-Class Military Families Supplement Coverage with Commercial Life Products
By Michael K. StanleyMilitary servicemembers are increasingly relying on commercial life insurance as a supplement to the group coverage that they receive with their government benefits package.
August 28, 2012
Financial advisers tricked to help steal from clientsCriminals are using a low-tech way to gain access to investor accounts managed by financial planners.
August 27, 2012
Viewing Life Insurance as an Asset ClassThere are ways to look at coverage that can give advisors and clients further insights into their portfolio allocations and insurance-buying decisions, experts say.
August 27, 2012
Life Settlements—Are They Back?One question financial advisors should be asking themselves today is whether life settlements have returned to the fold as a viable tool in their clients planning strategies.
August 27, 2012
5 Tips for Advisors to Benefit From a Post-Fee-Disclosure WorldFor advisors who serve retirement plan sponsors, the DOLs fee disclosure rule that goes into effect on Aug. 30 is a business opportunity, says 401(k) Coach Charlie Epstein.
August 27, 2012
Financial Literacy and Gaming: Match Made in Education Heaven?A computerized financial literacy game grounded in the real world teaches 16- to 22-year-olds the financial facts of life.
August 27, 2012
Viewing life insurance as an asset classAs yields available to conservative investors have continued to fall, some advisors are beginning to look at life insurance as an asset class and not just a risk management product.
August 27, 2012
Why the gold standard is the world's worst economic idea, in 2 chartsRepublicans are interested in exploring the possibility of returning to the gold standard, but economists don't appear to be on board.