Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
The Year Ahead
By Warren S. HerschAs the U.S. economy continues its slow-growth recovery, market-watchers remain cautiously optimistic that life insurance professionals and product manufacturers can preserve the sales gains achieved in 2011.
January 03, 2012
Professional Women and a Secure Retirement (Businessweek)The retirement concerns of a generation got plenty of press as Boomers began to retire last year, but the gender gap was often glossed over.
January 03, 2012
10 Resolutions for the Retirement Industry (The Street)The stock market may have leaped on the first day of 2012, but that doesn't mean we can abandon the sense of caution that's been ingrained over the past three years.
January 03, 2012
Outlook 2012: Annuities—Industry at CrossroadsThree experts peak into the future of the annuity marketplace in 2012.
January 03, 2012
NAILBA Members Elect New Faces for New YearThe National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA), Fairfax, VA., has announced that Dexter S. Umekubo, Senior Managing Partner at Salina, Kan.-based Producers XL has been named Chairman.
January 03, 2012
Albertans Express Confidence in Saving for RetirementSeventy-eight per cent of Albertans express concern over the performance of their registered retirement savings plans, given market volatility and the state of the economy. And almost half of those surveyed do not plan to contribute this tax year.
January 03, 2012
CDC Releases First National Survey on LTC, Non-Nursing Home FacilitiesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in December the 'first nationally representative survey' of residential care facilities to provide an overview of their role in the long-term care industry.
January 03, 2012
Canadians Continue to Look to 401(k)-Like Retirement AccountsAlmost 70% of Canadians plan to contribute more or the same amount to their Registered Retirement Savings Plan this tax year compared to last, but more than two-thirds express concern over the performance of their RRSP, given market volatility and the state of the economy.