Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Life Insurers Move to the Future, the Old-Fashioned Way
By Andy StonehouseTop industry executives say a return to simpler products and straight-ahead sales tactics might provide some positive returns in a tough economy.
October 24, 2011
Funding the Post-Pension Retirement (Wall Street Journal)Retirement is a hot topic these days, as boomers begin leaving the workforce and pension values plummet.
October 24, 2011
Estate Planning for Pets Can Save Lives (PennLive.com)A little-considered part of estate planning redefines the traditional definition of trustees to include family members that truly cannot be their own advocate: your family pets.
October 24, 2011
Wirehouses Warming to Indexed Annuities (Investment News)As interest rates continue to drop, banks turn an eye to indexed annuity sales
October 24, 2011
New York Issues Unclaimed Property Report GuidelinesThe New York Department of Financial Services has set a Halloween deadline for insurers to file their reports on how they handle unclaimed property issues, in another sign that this issue is not going away any time soon.
October 24, 2011
New York Issues Unclaimed Property Report GuidelinesThe New York Department of Financial Services has set a Halloween deadline for insurers to file their reports on how they handle unclaimed property issues, in another sign that this issue is not going away any time soon.
October 24, 2011
New DOL Rule on Investment AdviceThe conclusion to a long-running effort to update fiduciary law will now allow agents to provide computerized investment advice to 401(k) beneficiaries, under certain conditions.
October 24, 2011
Making Life Insurance More Relevant to WomenProducers need to make women aware of the lesser-known benefits of the different types of life insurance products, and how these benefits can help them achieve high-priority financial objectives.