Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Anatomy of a Sale
By Brent WelchA look at the questions you should be asking the first time you meet with a prospect.
November 21, 2011
LTCI in the DoghouseLong-term care insurance (LTCI) issuers seem to have entered the astrological quadrant of cant get a break.
November 21, 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 21, 2011
A Woman’s World?In a post-feminist workforce that is increasingly run by women, the question persists: Are men and women really treated as equals?
November 21, 2011
Rhode Island Pension Move May Inspire Other States, Fitch Says (Bloomberg Businessweek)Thirty-three states have pension programs that hold less than 80 percent of the assets needed in order to pay out benefits over the next several decades, Rhode Island among them.
November 21, 2011
Goodbye, Golden Years (New York Times)Historically, economic recessions play a big part in determining retirement age in more ways than one. Declining portfolio values encourage employees to work longer, yes, but a weakened labor market also makes jobs less fulfilling and less available, prompting some employees to retire earlier than planned.
November 21, 2011
Europe’s Woes Drag on U.S. Recovery (The Hill)Things 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
NCOIL Unclaimed Property Model Law Mandates Use of Death Master FileThe National Conference of Insurance Legislators passed on Sunday a resolution supporting a model law that would, among other things, require insurers to use the Social Security Death Master File when dealing with unclaimed assets.