Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Put 'Em Up: Why All the Discord and Confusion over the MLR at the NAIC?
By Elizabeth D. FestaAfter a series of unusual decisions and signs of infighting, some some are left to wonder if the NAIC is showing the stress fractures that are bound to result when a group dedicated to state insurance regulation finds itself in an era of relentlessly encroaching federal oversight.
March 07, 2012
Walking the TightropeThe pummeling of retirement portfolios suffered during and since the recession of 2007-2009 and continuing high volatility in the equity markets has many still-employed older Boomers asking whether they can recover their losses; and if so, what approaches they need to adopt to get back on track to a comfortable...
March 07, 2012
Still in the Boys' ClubIn this work it is not only necessary to have a knowledge of human nature and tact but the power of imparting information. One of the first things to realize when taking up the business is that no womanly qualities are to be eliminated, we want the very truest kind...
March 07, 2012
Character SheetsI have a lifelong enthusiasm for role-playing games. You know, those nerdy games like Dungeons & Dragons where you sit around at a table with friends and roll colorful dice with too many sides, and scribble notes and pretend that you are slaying monsters and looting their treasure. It all...
March 07, 2012
Prudential Drops Individual LTCIThe company says it will continue to offer group long-term care insurance programs.
March 07, 2012
Insurance Co. Asks: Do Powell Siblings Get Money?A life insurance company has asked a judge to decide whether any of Josh Powell's relatives are entitled to collect on a $1.5 million policy after he killed himself and his two sons in a Washington house fire last month.
March 07, 2012
Insurance Co. Asks: Do Powell Siblings Get Money?A life insurance company has asked a judge to decide whether any of Josh Powell's relatives are entitled to collect on a $1.5 million policy after he killed himself and his two sons in a Washington house fire last month.
March 07, 2012
Testing the 4%-a-Year Retirement Rule (Wall Street Journal)The creator of the 4% rule for retirement withdrawals says the next five years could determine whether his rule will remain valid.