Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Survivorship life insurance: Providing survival for charities
By William J. PeverillSurvivorship life insurance, especially when used with a life insurance trust, is one of the most beneficial vehicles in estate planning.
August 17, 2011
Life Insurance Missing Piece of Financial Portfolios: SurveySlightly less than half of U.S. adults who have a financial advisor and a financial plan have ever discussed adding life insurance to their plans, according to a survey released Tuesday by Saybrus Partners.
August 16, 2011
Applied Behavioral Analysis Suit Wins Class-Action StatusA lawsuit over coverage for applied behavioral analysis, a therapy used for treating autism, has won class-action status in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.
August 16, 2011
Avalere: Poor Uninsureds' Health Not So ExcellentLow-income people without health insurance are much less likely than low-income Medicaid enrollees to say they are in excellent health.
August 16, 2011
Fed workers keep LTCI despite rate increases: GAOA study by the GAO found that rate hikes didn't deter federal employees from keeping their LTCI policies.
August 16, 2011
Super Committee: Securities Firms, Health Professionals Outgave InsurersThe insurance industry ranks just 10th on a list of top industry contributors to members of the new "super committee" - the congressional panel that is supposed to find $1.5 trillion in federal spending cuts by Thanksgiving.
August 16, 2011
Crack the tougher nuts firstI attribute whatever success I have had in my profession to an idea I had several years ago about changing my gears in prospecting.