Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Making Life Insurance More Relevant to Women
By Gene Lunman, From the November 2011 issue of Life Insurance SellingProducers 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.
October 24, 2011
Why “Why Life”?Marie Politis, MassMutual's vice president of online experience, explains the reasoning behind the company's new social media campaign.
October 23, 2011
TaggedTHE TRAIN I TAKE to and from work goes through Newark, New Jersey, and at one point, there is a pretty interesting view where in the foreground, spray painted against an old industrial warehouse is a crazy patchwork of graffiti. Much of it complicated graphics and murals, the work of...
October 23, 2011
The Blame GameWe are on the cusp of a great new age for the American character. However, just like stretching before going on a long run, there are some preliminary exercises that one must do to meet all the physical demands of this new movement.
October 23, 2011
Watch and See How SIFI Changes EverythingA proposal outlining the factors federal regulators want to use in determining whether an insurer is systemically significant has launched a period of great uncertainty for the life insurance industry.
October 23, 2011
New York: Health Rate Filings Are Public DocumentsEmpire State officials have told insurers, The public policy benefits to transparency are clear and overwhelming.
October 21, 2011
For Investors, Playing it 'Safe' can be RiskyInvestors remain anxious to find safety even as the stock market moves back toward positive territory for the year.
October 21, 2011
Benartzi, Thaler and Previtero Attack the ‘Annuity Puzzle’ (AdvisorOne)A new paper, slated for publication next month in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, examines why annuities aren't a more popular solution for retirees.