Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
IAIS Paper Suggests Insurers Likely Not G-SIFIS
By Elizabeth D. FestaThe insurance business model withstood the 2008-09 financial crisis and will likely not contribute to systemic financial problems, an in-depth report by the world's regulators concludes. Will the FSOC agree? Will insurers continue to color between the lines?
November 15, 2011
Women Say Accounting & Finance Careers Offer Life-Work Balance: StudyWomen in accounting and finance believe they face different obstacles from their male counterparts, but still think the profession provides a good work/life balance, according to the latest Mergis Group Women in Finance survey.
November 15, 2011
Country Financial: Most Americans Expect a Recession, But Only Half are PreparedSurvey finds that 74% of those with a financial plan are prepared for a second economic downturn, as compared to 41% of those without a financial plan.
November 15, 2011
Social Security and Your Senior Clients: A Teachable MomentElection time means it's time to kick around Social Security again. But you probably have more insights for your clients than a raft of loud-mouthed candidates.
November 14, 2011
Retirement RevampPost-recession, help your clients rethink and re-prioritize their retirement plans.
November 14, 2011
Marketing Life Insurance is a Game for AXA Equitable — Online (Hartford Courant)Two unlikely cultures are merging to create AXA Equitable's newest marketing initiative: video games and life insurance. The company's Pass It On! game first became available in September, and the mobile application is due to launch any day.
November 14, 2011
Why Income Inequality Suddenly Matters (Salon.com)Among the many repercussions of the Occupy Wall Street movement is the fact that local reporters are talking more frequently about "income inequality," highlighting the difference in the way the upper and lower classes live.
November 14, 2011
Faking Death to Collect Life Insurance Money: A Life on the Run (Insure.com)It's an industry issue that isn't often discussed, but life insurance fraud is a very real threat to insurers, and it's something that they take frequent protective measures against.