Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
UK 's FSA Strongly Warns Industry off Securitized U.S. Life Settlements
By Elizabeth D. FestaTraded life insurance products pose significant risks for retail investors, the FSA states, thoroughly outlining its concerns for retail investors in the UK and possibly throughout Europe.
November 27, 2011
If We Can Differentiate Coffee, Why Not Life Insurance?We live in a spreadsheet world, here in the life insurance industry. Too many times, he with the cheapest premium wins. So how can we de-commoditize life insurance?
November 25, 2011
Keep SwingingThe bad news: selling is hard; it always has been. The good news: it gets easier the more you do it.
November 25, 2011
Man of the TweepleJeffrey Schweitzer has harnessed social media to help grow his business and win Life Insurance Selling's video contest.
November 25, 2011
Life Insurance Retirement Plans: Alternative or Rip-Off?Can life insurance revitalize your high-net-worth clients retirement plans?
November 23, 2011
A Rational Look at a Much Maligned ProductFew products within the financial services industry have received as much consistent criticism as fixed index annuities. An FIA is a type of deferred fixed annuity that earns interest or provides benefits that are linked to an external reference or index, most commonly the S&P 500. The insurer underwriting the...
November 23, 2011
Unclaimed Property Issue Better Suited to Federal Level?I have not been an advocate of federal insurance regulation replacing state insurance regulation, but I have to admit that, in certain instances, federal oversight seems to make sense. The unclaimed property model law comes to mind.
November 23, 2011
Throw the Bums Out!Various commentators were agog at the idea that members of Congress and senators might game the system. Gee, is this behavior by politicians really a surprise?