Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Could Gingrich Fire Bernanke? (American Spectator)
By Staff Writer"I happen to be with you on auditing the Fed and on fund and frankly, on firing Bernanke," Newt Gingrich told Paul Ryan in last Saturday's Republican debate. It's a popular promise, one that Rick Perry has made as well. But is it tenable?
December 15, 2011
Pipeline Planning Ideas to End the Year with MomentumAt the beginning of each year, you tell yourself that this year will be different. This will be the year to hit your goals. You start off on track, but then something happens that causes a slowdown in business activity ... the holidays!
December 15, 2011
IRI Tells Feds to Shed Light on Retirement Savings Needs, Encourage VA UseStreamlining agent licensing and creating more efficiencies among states is not a bad idea either, IRI says as part of its comment letter to the FIO on modernizing insurance regulation in the U.S.
December 15, 2011
PIA Survey: Customers Value Agent Service More than Product ChoiceThe report asks insurance customers to rate their agents in respect to expert advice and counseling, personalized attention and interaction, the ability to offer comprehensive protection to meet individual needs and relationship-based" customer service.
December 15, 2011
Fitch: U.S. Life Insurance Industry Will be Stable in 2012The outlook, Fitch states, reflects the industrys strong balance sheet, which helps to somewhat mitigate ongoing concerns over challenging macroeconomic conditions that continue to pressure industry operating fundamentals.
December 15, 2011
Principles-Based Reserving Valuation Manual on Target for March Adoption by NAICThe NAIC's Life Actuarial Task Force decides that it will nail down four remaining issues for the VM-20 portion of the principles-based reserving model during lengthy conference calls so there will be adoption, then something to present to legislatures in the on-year of 2013 for some states.
December 14, 2011
Kind Words Reap RewardsWords of affirmation and approval are free and can pay huge dividends.
December 14, 2011
Citigroup Begins Selling Off Primerica StakeCitigroup has begun selling off its remaining stake in Primerica through a public offering, the provider of life insurance and other financial products said.