Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Aviva: What to Expect When You're Expecting…
By Michael HamWith both 10- and 30-year treasury rates unbelievably low, profit margins on fixed product are comparatively nil. Why would Aviva want to bail out on America now?
May 24, 2012
New York Actuaries Chime in on Net Premium ReservingThe NAICs Life Actuarial Task Force debated net reserving methodology changes proposed by the American Council of Life Insurers for UL products with secondary guarantees.
May 24, 2012
CBO Says Fiscal Cliff Looms, but Decisions Not Likely Till Precipice AppearsThe CBO makes the point that if Congress cannot find some way to arrest policies that are already set in motion before the new year, the U.S. will lapse back into a recession in 2013.
May 24, 2012
Hearing Set on SRO ProposalThe House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on either June 6 or 7 on proposed legislation that would establish a self-regulatory organization for investment advisors.
May 24, 2012
A Retirement Plan That Makes SenseTo help clients caught in the sandwich generation, agents must be both innovative and grounded in the realities of the market.
May 24, 2012
Retirement Income Review: GLWB/GMWB (CBS Money Watch)Product that lets retirement savings grow when the stock market is doing well and wont decrease if the market crashes is growing in popularity.
May 24, 2012
Real Federal Deficit Dwarfs Official Tally (USA Today)Congress exempts itself from including the cost of promised retirement benefits. Social Security, Medicare and other retirement programs totaled $3.7 trillion in 2011.
May 24, 2012
Boomers Aren't Interested in Leaving Money to HeirsMost boomers and elders say family stories, not money, are the most important aspect of their legacy.