Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Europe’s Woes Drag on U.S. Recovery (The Hill)
By Staff WriterThings have been looking up for the U.S. economy in recent weeks, but some still wonder: Just how long can it hold steady in the shadow of Europe's debt crisis?
November 21, 2011
“Lame” Industry Image Needs to be DebunkedGen Y thinks our industry is lame. At a recent industry event, that was the perception about why young people arent pursuing careers in the life insurance industry. Its too boring. Its too complicated. It has an image problem that needs to be corrected.
November 20, 2011
Substandard Ratings: Going the Extra MileIf your client thinks an error was made in the underwriting process, take the time to listen but dont make any promises.
November 20, 2011
The New GrassrootsAfter nearly two months of camping out in lower Manhattans Zuccotti Park, the Occupy Wall Street protesters were finally forced out on orders of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
November 20, 2011
The Unknown UnknownsSecuritization, or the pooling of contractual debt (such as mortgages) into bonds, then reselling the bonds to investors (like big pension funds) has received intense scrutiny from regulators in recent years because of the central role the financing technique played in the near-catastrophic credit crisis of 2007-2009.
November 20, 2011
Give Me StabilityGraduating from college and looking for a job can be a distressing experience.
November 20, 2011
Shining a Light on a Shadow Industry: Captive ReinsurersIt is not often that an industry development excites the collective imaginations of state insurance regulators, high-rolling investment bankers and Wall Street lawyers. But that is what has been happening in recent years as more life insurers establish special insurance subsidiaries, or captive reinsurers, and engage in complex financing transactions....
November 20, 2011
LTCI in the DoghouseLong-term care insurance (LTCI) issuers seem to have entered the astrological quadrant of cant get a break.