Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Why Annuities Aren’t Right for My Mom (Market Watch)
By Staff WriterTop of mind for many retirees these days is financial security, an asset that annuities have traditionally delivered in spades. In fact, in the first six months of 2011, annuity sales increased 19 percent compared to annuity sales during the same period of 2010, according to Morningstar Inc, an investment...
October 11, 2011
Fix Your FocusIn this economy, failure to take a new approach to LTCI sales could lead to extinction.
October 11, 2011
Federal Regulators Re-Propose SIFI CriteriaAs the Financial Stability Oversight Council re-proposes the criteria it will use to determine whether an insurer is systemically important enough to merit additional federal regulation, an uneasy industry prepares for the worst.
October 11, 2011
Secondary Life Policy Market Gets Shot in the Arm from Federal JudgeInsurance interest runs the table in new decision in Pennsylvania on the heels of setbacks for the secondary life insurance market. When does inception begin, one might wonder.
October 11, 2011
Strangers Score Win in Life-Insurance Case (WSJ)Following several courtroom losses, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled against insurers and in favor of investors who bought several stranger-originated life insurance policies (STOLI).
October 11, 2011
Strangers Score Win in Life-Insurance Case (WSJ)Following several courtroom losses, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled against insurers and in favor of investors who bought several stranger-originated life insurance policies (STOLI).
October 11, 2011
Study Reveals Lack of Knowledge about Income Needed for RetirementOnly 45% of respondents surveyed knew that experts believe retirees will need between 80% and 90% of their pre-retirement income to maintain their current standard of living.
October 11, 2011
John Hancock, Liberty Mutual and Mutual of Omaha Unveil New ProductsOwners of Liberty Mutuals single premium deferred annuity may choose from a menu of three modules that give them extra safeguards and access to their money, in exchange for a reduction in the interest rate they earn.