Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Trends in Expense Ratios
By Tom NawrockiGood news for beleaguered investors: There has been a tremendous increase in competition in the fund industry in recent years.
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.
May 24, 2012
Survey: More than Two-Thirds of Plan Sponsors with DB Plans for New Hires Will Keep ThemA significant number of U.S. employers that still offer defined benefit pension plans say they remain committed to providing those benefits to new salaried employees, according to a survey by global professional services company Towers Watson.
May 24, 2012
Week in Pictures | May 25, 2012Regulators head to Capital Hill to deal with the JPMorgan fallout, the country anxiously awaits the Supreme Court's decision on PPACA, two international summits take place on U.S. soil, and Greece and the rest of Europe continue their uncomfortable dance. This and more in this week's Week in Pictures.