Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
NAIC Top Working Group Tackles AG 38
By Elizabeth D. FestaNAIC Commissionersy talk up a level playing field, uniformity, PBR and peer review as they roll up their sleeves to figure out the best way to reserve for new products with secondary guarantees, and how to establish premiums even as modern products continue to race beyond old-fashioned reserving methodologies.
December 08, 2011
Life Insurance: Still A Safe Haven For InvestorsWhen you consider our economys present volatility, it is possible that life insurance might offer clients another accumulation vehicle, above and beyond more traditional investment options.
December 08, 2011
MF Global’s Corzine Tells Congress: I Don’t Know Where the Money IsIn a halting and nearly hoarse delivery, an apparently humbled Jon Corzine, the former chairman and CEO of the now bankrupt MF Global, testified Thursday before the House Agriculture Committee.
December 08, 2011
LIMRA Survey: Most Retiring Employees Elect To Leave Retirement Assets in DC PlanOf the possible rollover actions to take upon employment termination, leaving money in an employers defined contribution plan is the most common choice among recent retirees and pre-retirees, according to a new survey.
December 08, 2011
Securian Survey: Young, Female Business Owners Who Are Sole Decision-Makers Are Key Prospects for AdvisorsSmall business owners who are more likely than not to seek a financial advisor tend to be young, sole decision-makers and women, according to a new survey.
December 08, 2011
Year-End Tax Planning: Are Variable Annuity Losses Deductible?A loss in a variable annuity is deductiblealthough theres no solid answer on the mechanics of deducting the loss.
December 07, 2011
Seniors Speak Out on Outliving Their MoneyBased on our research, seniors really need reassurance and guidancea plan!when overcoming that fear (and reality) of outliving their money.
December 07, 2011
Chinese Millionaires and Maverick OklahomansIf you get weirded out about how the U.S. is in its decline, please think again. If this country is in such decline, why do those who can afford to want to come here?