Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
IASB to Ban Retouching of Pension, Retiree Health Financial Pictures in 2013
By Allison BellEmployers that use the International Financial Reporting Standards may be losing their ability to smooth out year-to-year fluctuations in pension plan and retiree health plan financial performance.
June 17, 2011
Analysis: Caregiving Hits Men's Earnings HarderMale workers who care for aging parents tend to earn less than female caregivers, and they earn much less than men who are not caring for their parents earn.
June 17, 2011
Advisor ethics: Are you fulfilling your duty?Imagine one of your clients wants to buy life insurance, but you never get around to sell the product because you had bigger fish (read: "products") to fry. In this scenario, did you fulfill your duty as an ethical financial advisor?
June 17, 2011
Advisor ethics: Are you fulfilling your duty?Imagine one of your clients wants to buy life insurance, but you never get around to sell the product because you had bigger fish (read: "products") to fry. In this scenario, did you fulfill your duty as an ethical financial advisor?
June 17, 2011
Personnel Changes: MetLife, Lincoln Financial, Resource IntermediariesMetLife Inc. has hired Marlene Debel to be senior vice president and treasurer.
June 17, 2011
Sun Life to be presenting sponsor of Cirque du Soleil's IRISBill Webster, left, Sun Life Financial's Vice-President of Brand Management, Cirque du Soleil SVP of Creative Content Murielle Cantin and Cirque du Soleil President & CEO Daniel Lamarre at the announcement of a two-year sponsorship agreement between Sun Life and Cirque du Soleil. Click the headline for the full story.
June 17, 2011
Executive Bonus Plans: A Fresh Look at a ClassicOne thing that has not changed is that employers still need to find ways to recruit, reward and retain key employees in their businesses. Executive bonus plans remain a simple and cost effective tool for employee retention.
June 17, 2011
Transferring the Family BusinessThe Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 presents various planning opportunities and the limited two-year window should prompt clients to act and to begin to take control of their estates.