Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Prudential Calls for Coordination on All Fronts
By Elizabeth D. FestaPrudential says that state regulators and the NAIC should support the FIO's lead role at the G-20, and FSB.
December 21, 2011
New FED Standards May Impact Life InsurersSome life insurers may be left at a competitive disadvantage if new capital requirement standards by the Federal Reserve Board are enacted.
December 21, 2011
There's Still Time for 2011 Tax ReliefIf youre just beginning to think about your clients' 2011 income tax return (or your own, for that matter), youve got a late start but its still not too late to cash in on some savings.
December 21, 2011
European Central Bank Lends $639 Billion Over 3 YearsThe European Central Bank loaned a massive euro489 billion ($639 billion) to hundreds of banks for an exceptionally long period of three years to shore up a financial system that is under pressure from the eurozone's government debt crisis.
December 21, 2011
Kehrer-LIMRA: Bank Life Sales Trending UpBank life sales are trending upwards once again according to a new report by Kehrer-LIMRA
December 20, 2011
Gen X and Gen Y Saving More than Boomers (Reuters)As boomers head into retirement at a fast clip of 10,000 per day, more than a quarter are uncertain whether they'll be able to meet their savings goals by the time they are ready to retire.
December 20, 2011
Why Are U.S. Bond Yields So Low? (AdvisorOne)The debt-to-GDP ratio for the U.S. is 73 percent, several times higher than Spain's rate of 49 percent. And yet, the gap between 10-year-bond yields in these two countries has only widened in 2011.
December 20, 2011
5 Top Retirement Stories of 2011 (CBS MoneyWatch)In 2011, the first of the boomers turned 65 and began to leave the workforce -- and a good amount of retirement news occupied our attention.