Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Ryan Gets Heat from Dems over Social Security
By Stephen OhlemacherDemocrats are eagerly renewing their fight against privatizing Social Security now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Paul Ryan as his running mate.
August 21, 2012
Making IRAs last two lifetimesAn annuity within a retirement account, like a 401(k) or IRA, can provide lifetime income for the surviving spouse.
August 21, 2012
Are you worth more dead than alive?Creepy as it might sound, there are companies that will buy a life insurance policy in the hopes that the policyholder will die sooner rather than later.
August 21, 2012
Are you worth more dead than alive?Creepy as it might sound, there are companies that will buy a life insurance policy in the hopes that the policyholder will die sooner rather than later.
August 21, 2012
Lawsky affair rekindles regulatory arbitrage riskIs the New York state superintendent of Financial Services who made Standard Chartered settle allegations of illegal Iranian money transfers a hero or a rogue?
August 20, 2012
New Professional Retirement Designation Added by American CollegePractitioners have told us they need more information about retirement income strategies in order to better serve their clients, says American College President and CEO Larry Barton.
August 20, 2012
China Gives Liberty Mutual Nod to Open BranchLiberty will be the second foreign insurer in Shandong ProvinceChinas fourth largest property and casualty insurance market.
August 20, 2012
Connecticut Rejects LTCI Rate Hike RequestsNutmeg State regulators say losses in their state have been far lower than expected.