Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
MetLife Posts Bigger Quarterly Profit
By Associated PressMetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, said Tuesday its profit climbed in the fourth quarter on higher premium revenue and gains from derivatives.
February 14, 2012
Stop Coddling the Super-Rich (New York Times)"Our leaders have asked for 'shared sacrifice.' But when they did the asking, they spared me," writes Warren Buffett in a New York Times Op-Ed piece.
February 14, 2012
Obama’s Fiscal Platform (New York Times)President Obama's new budget proposal includes $3.8 trillion in total spending and $2.9 trillion in revenues in 2013, leaving a deficit of about $900 billion.
February 14, 2012
Life Industry Trade Groups Fire Back at ObamaLife insurance industry trade groups are urging the Obama administration to withdraw budget proposals that would impose new tax on life insurers.
February 14, 2012
LIMRA: Serving Producers is Top Reason for Mobile Tech InitiativesLIMRA says that almost nine in 10 life insurers who have or plan to implement mobile technology initiatives do so to meet growing producer demands and provide better support services.
February 14, 2012
How-Tos of Offshore Accounts: First, Get a MillionMovie super spies James Bond and Jason Bourne use them. So do real-life presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who says he pays his taxes, and untold numbers of Americans who don't. Here's how to play by the rules.
February 14, 2012
Investors Hold Steady in Stock Funds in JanuaryA January market rally wasn't enough to get investors back into stock mutual funds in a big way. But they did stop pulling out more cash than they were putting in, ending an eight-month string of net withdrawals.