Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Life & LTCI: perfect together
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPLinked LTCI-life insurance policies offer several compelling benefits that make them attractive, especially while yields on conservative investments and bank products remain low.
August 01, 2011
LTC Premiums: An Overview of OptionsThe premium payment your client chooses is not likely to be the most important decision he makes when customizing his long-term care insurance policy.
August 01, 2011
NAIC Panel Plows Ahead on Dodd-Frank Receivership DraftThe American Council of Life Insurers wants a guide state insurance regulators will use to handle failures of systemically important insurers to convey a need for quick decision making.
August 01, 2011
NAIC Panel Eyes COLI Exchange ProposalSome state insurance regulators are looking into the idea of allowing tax-free exchanges of corporate-owned life insurance policies.
August 01, 2011
New York Weighs in on Enterprise Risk ManagementThe New York State Insurance Department says insurers should be prepared for it to evaluate their enterprise risk management functions.
August 01, 2011
PIMCO’s El-Erian on Debt Deal: Short-Term Gain, Long-Term DisdainThe CEO of PIMCO said Sunday that the potential agreement ‘does nothing to restore household and corporate confidence.’
July 31, 2011
The seven deadly sins of a financial advisorBack in the Middle Ages, life was simple. There was right and wrong. Some of the Ten Commandments revealed the right; the others, plus "The Seven Deadly Sins,"
July 31, 2011
What kind of life insurance coverage do you have, and do you feel it is adequate?I do have life insurance. The insurance I currently own is part of a package from my work.