Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Derivative Usage in Mutual Funds
By Tom NawrockiAs the SEC attempts to increase transparency by proposing new standards for derivative usage, it may in the process convince investors that "derivative" isn't a dirty word.
February 03, 2012
Parents Snared in $100 Billion College Debt Trap Risk Retirement (Bloomberg)Tuition and fees for private, nonprofit, four-year colleges have increased to an average of $28,500 for the 2011-2012 academic year, up from an inflation-adjusted $16,276 two decades ago.
February 03, 2012
New York Life Foundation Increases Giving to Nonprofits in 2012The New York Life Foundation announced today an increase in its 2012 charitable giving budget to $13.5 million, a five percent increase over last years budget of $12.9 million.
February 03, 2012
Women Insurance Agents, Many of Them in New York, and They Earn Good Incomes (New York Times)A 1901 New York Times article reveals a little-known fact about the insurance industry: women have been successful salespeople for more than a century.
February 03, 2012
FINRA Issues 2012 ‘Watch List’Topping the list are non-traded REITs, complex ETFs, variable annuities and broker fees.
February 03, 2012
Earnings Results: Aflac, Ameriprise, Assurant Genworth, Principal, SymetraAflac Inc., Columbus, Ga. (NYSE: AFL) reported fourth quarter 2011 revenue of $6.0 billion, a 12.9% rise compared with $5.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010. Net earnings totaled $546 million, or $1.17 per diluted share, compared with $437 million, or $.92 per share, a year ago.
February 03, 2012
Back to School for AnnuitiesDont understand annuities? Join the clubtheyre complicated products. This starters guide offers up the basics for life insurance producers interested in adding annuities to their offerings.
February 03, 2012
Understanding the Tax Implications of Life Insurance, Part IIIThree top producers discuss the threats to the tax treatment of life insurance and what they're doing to minimize them.