Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Hey Boomers: Better Get Better at Communicating with Younger Generations
By Brian AndersonThe insurance industry has the jobs, but is failing to attract the talent to fill them. Boomer insurance execs need to learn why the disconnect exists and do a better job of positioning younger generations on the path to business ownership.
March 12, 2012
Dodd-Frank Panel Faces Pushback on Rules for Naming Vital Wall Street Firms (The Hill)Wall Street reform advocates are concerned rules to designate "systemically significant" institutions do not include all types of institutions that contributed to the financial crisis.
March 12, 2012
Record Deficit at World's Factory (Wall Street Journal)Financial trouble in Europe is still wreaking havoc on the global market.
March 12, 2012
Former COP Members Criticize AIG Tax BreakA tax break provided to American International Group came under heavy fire today from four members of the former oversight panel created to monitor the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
March 12, 2012
Paulson Looks to Enlist Analysts in Bid to Split HartfordHedge fund titan John Paulson tried on Friday to enlist securities analysts in his effort to force Hartford Insurance Group to separate its property and casualty businesses from the lesser-performing life businesses.
March 12, 2012
SOLAR Begins to Outshine COLICorporate-owned life insurance (COLI) arrangements are slowly being replaced by self-owned life and retirement insurance arrangements (SOLAR) that have surged in popularity in recent years mainly because the employee rather than the employer owns the policy, making them a more attractive vehicle for employers to retain top talent.
March 12, 2012
BMO Nesbitt Burns: Most Canadian Women Act as “CFO” of Their HouseholdsAccording to the study, 82% of Canadian women are either the primary decision-maker or have equal responsibility for household financial decisions.
March 12, 2012
Universal Life Insurance Premiums May Rise Under NAIC ApproachAn approach adopted by a National Association of Insurance Commissioners group would require insurance companies to adjust asset reserve levels associated with UL insurance products, and any increases in the requisite reserves would likely result in a corresponding rise in premium levels.