Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
AIG Advisor Group Buys Woodbury Financial
By John SullivanThe wait is over. AIG and The Hartford announced Tuesday evening that the insurance giants had signed a definitive agreement to make Woodbury Financial Services part of AIGs Advisor Group
July 31, 2012
4 Misconceptions About Financial Advice From a Veteran AdvisorPaula Hogan has read the theoretical literature, and shes contributed to it. She has also compared these theories to life in the advisor trenches and has some advice for her advisor peers.
July 31, 2012
Geneva Association: IAIS' G-SII Criteria May Create More Risk, Obstacles to RefinancingThe IAIS gives too much weight to traditional insurance in its 18-point criteria for G-SIFIs, and weights investments in bonds and bank-issued securities as risky.
July 31, 2012
Geneva Association: IAIS' G-SII Criteria May Create More Risk, Obstacles to RefinancingThe IAIS gives too much weight to traditional insurance in its 18-point criteria for G-SIFIs, and weights investments in bonds and bank-issued securities as risky.
July 31, 2012
Poll: Jobs should be next president's priority; Tax fairness? Not so much (NPR)Only 32% of Obama supporters indicated raising taxes on the wealthy as a priority, which put it dead last among 12 issues for that demographic.
July 31, 2012
Iran has its own way of dealing with bank fraud: The death penalty (Atlantic)Following its biggest bank-fraud scandal to date, an Iranian court sentenced four bankers to death for their involvement in embezzling $2.6 billion.
July 31, 2012
Iran has its own way of dealing with bank fraud: The death penalty (Atlantic)Following its biggest bank-fraud scandal to date, an Iranian court sentenced four bankers to death for their involvement in embezzling $2.6 billion.
July 31, 2012
How Can Life Insurers Reach More Consumers?Two Deloitte Research surveys provide some insight into why so many consumers are uninsured or underinsured when it comes to life insurance.