Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
LISA: We Too Hate Crooked Life Settlement Securitization Schemes
By Allison BellThe Life Insurance Settlement Association says its members agree with state securities regulators about the need to root out fraudulent life settlement securitization programs.
August 31, 2011
Henderson to lead Global Life sales teamZurich has appointed Lance Henderson head of sales, corporate life and pensions, North America, for Global Life.
August 31, 2011
Security Mutual Life introduces new term productSecurity Mutual Life has introduced a new term life insurance geared toward clients who need permanent coverage, but for whatever reasons, opt for term to begin with.
August 31, 2011
PPACA: Republicans Aim to Unleash the GrandfathersHouse Republicans plan to craft a bill that could loosen the current rules governing when an existing health plan can keep grandfathered status.
August 31, 2011
3 tips for successful field underwritingA more efficient field underwriting process will make the application easier for both you and the client.
August 31, 2011
Attitudes change about life insuranceOh, boy, the times they are a-changing--a new study by LIMRA and the LIFE Foundation finds that a sea change is taking place in the life insurance world. Increasingly, consumers are shifting toward a direct buying method for insurance products.
August 31, 2011
Consultants: Principles-Based Reserving Could Have Mixed EffectsShifting toward a principles-based reserving approach could lead to a modest increase in reserve requirements for universal life policies with secondary guarantees and big decreases in reserve requirements for term life policies.
August 31, 2011
People know they need life insurance, but are reluctant to buy. Here's how to sell the product to your clients.Life insurance. Two simple words about a complex product that nearly everyone agrees they need, but sometimes have a hard time making the leap and actually buying it.