Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
First American's Josh O'Gara earns ChFC
By staff WriterJosh O'Gara, CLU, a brokerage manager at First American Insurance Underwriters in Needham, Mass., recently passed his qualifying tests for the Chartered Financial Consultant, or ChFC, designation.
July 05, 2011
SEC Includes NAIC Fellow on Accounting PanelRob Esson, a senior policy fellow for international affairs at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, will participate Thursday in an international accounting standards discussion organized by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
July 05, 2011
Lakers Forward to Move the Ball for LIFEBasketball player Lamar Odom will be the national spokesman for the upcoming Life Insurance Awareness Month campaign.
July 05, 2011
Unclaimed Property: New York Requires Use of Death Master FileNew York state insurance regulators are ordering life insurers to use the Social Security Death Master File to locate insureds who may have died and report on the effectiveness of the search.
July 05, 2011
Dodd-Frank: Securitization Group Speaks Up for "Esoteric" AssetsAny new federal credit risk retention regulations should accommodate the needs of players in niche securitization sectors, according to the American Securitization Forum.
July 05, 2011
Forget Wall Street, try your own street"More than 99% of American businesses, 6.6 million privately held companies, are found on Main Street, not Wall Street.
July 05, 2011
Selling Disability Insurance to WomenWhen it comes to disability insurance, women pay approximately 40 percent more than their male counterparts.
July 05, 2011
Out of local prospects? Think globallyNot that long ago, mini-meds, consumer-driven health plans and HSAs were new and exciting. Many agents jumped on these innovative products and subsequently prospered.