Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Treasury's OFR to Cast Wide Net for Data Pool from Insurers
By Elizabeth D. FestaThe Office of Financial Research's first annual report concludes that direct measures of the insurance industry are lacking.
July 20, 2012
American General Discontinues LTCI ProgramThe AIG unit says market conditions have affected the feasibility of offering the product.
July 20, 2012
Facebook Ads vs. Google Adwords: Who Wins?It is widely acknowledged that Google Adwords has a higher average click-through rate (CTR) than Facebook. The question is, how much higher?
July 20, 2012
Facebook Ads vs. Google Adwords: Who Wins?It is widely acknowledged that Google Adwords has a higher average click-through rate (CTR) than Facebook. The question is, how much higher?
July 20, 2012
Senate Dems Play Hardball with Tax BattleSenate Democrats have signaled that they will hold hostage an extension of the current, relatively generous, estate tax provisions to higher taxes on the wealthy.
July 20, 2012
MassMutual Taps RISD Students to Promote Retirement SavingsMassMutuals Retirement Services Division chose Rhode Island School of Designs (RISD) graphic design students in the hope that they will be able to develop effective advertisements that encourage 20-somethings to better prepare for their retirement.
July 20, 2012
Public pensions about to look less healthy (NPR)The Government Accounting Standards Board is changing the guidelines for how state and local governments report their finances, which is going to make the pension gap look even bigger.
July 20, 2012
How did Canadians become richer than Americans? (The Week)One theory on how Canada pulled ahead of the U.S. is that for the last 20 years, Canada has pursued a hardheaded (even ruthless), fiscally conservative form of socialism.