Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Selling the Need
By Lori WidmerIf 80% of your business comes from 20% of your customers, isnt it time to re-evaluate their life insurance coverage?
December 01, 2011
Frank Defends Namesake Legislation at CFA MeetingRep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., today defended the Dodd-Frank Act, and said it is unlikely it will be reversed by Republicans. He also said he would oppose creation of a self-regulatory agency for financial advisors.
December 01, 2011
Northwestern Mutual Glides into the New YearNorthwestern Mutual capitalizes on a growing interest in financial planning and has a healthy start to 2012.
December 01, 2011
Northwestern Mutual Glides into the New YearNorthwestern Mutual capitalizes on a growing interest in financial planning and has a healthy start to 2012.
December 01, 2011
Cogent Research: Elite Group of Advisors Driving 401(k) BusinessWhile just over half of the estimated 315,000 retail investment advisors in the United States currently support at least one 401(k) plan, only 7% of advisors are heavy plan producers with $25 million or more in 401(k) assets under management, according to a new report.
December 01, 2011
How to Get Your Retirement Back on Track (SmartMoney)2011 was a tough year for investments, but consumers could have opportunities to rebound in 2012. SmartMoney's Glenn Ruffenach offers five tips for maximizing your returns over the next 12 months.
December 01, 2011
Ex-Enron Workers Still Trying to Move on with Their Lives (Washington Post)A decade after Enron declared bankruptcy, several chief executives are still in prison for fraud -- and former employees of the energy firm, once the nation's seventh-largest company, are still trying to regain the financial security they used to enjoy.
December 01, 2011
S&P Forecasts Stable Outlook for U.S. Life Insurance IndustryA major credit rating agency says in a new report that it is maintaining its stable outlook on the U.S. life insurance industry.