Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Swiss Re Appoints New Group CEO
By Michael K. StanleyMichel Lis will begin work on February 1 As Swiss Re's new Group CEO. He has held various roles at the company for more than 30 years.
January 18, 2012
Risk Management Strategies for Boomers in 2012 and BeyondOver the next 20 years, baby boomers will have a wide range of financial needs. Here's how you can meet them.
January 18, 2012
Making the Play: The Right Financial Guidance for AthletesA good retirement playbook will include growth opportunities and factor in specific protective measures to hedge against a variety of risks, including market volatility, inflation, and longevity. The financial playbooks that will fare best will be those that are realistic, clear, manageable, tested, and beyond all, followed.
January 18, 2012
Federal Officials Charge Seven in Insider Probe (Wall Street Journal)Federal prosecutors alleged that a "criminal club" in the hedge-fund world made tens of millions of dollars trafficking inside information, following up on a string of early morning arrests that involved employees of SAC Capital Advisors LP and other prominent financial firms.
January 18, 2012
Retirees See Betty White as Top Role Model (Reuters)Today's retirees are positive about their future, independent-minded ... and they want to be like Betty White.
January 18, 2012
Is the 4 Percent Rule Viable? (SmartMoney)Four percent has long been the target savings withdrawal number for retirees, but two recent studies encourage retirees to take a more individualized approach to the numbers game.
January 18, 2012
MetLife: Employers Can Help Close Life Insurance Gender GapWith life insurance ownership already at a 50-year low, the gap in uninsured and underinsured women perpetuates the troubling trend.
January 18, 2012
Which Indexed Annuity GLWB is Best?The determining factor ultimately depends on whether the rider performs better now or later.