Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
New UL option from Midland National
By Staff WriterMidland National Life Insurance Company is now offering Essential Guaranteed Universal Life 2, a product aimed at price-conscious clients.
June 15, 2011
Mostly cloudyThe Apple World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) wrapped up last week and all of the buzz was about "the cloud." To be more precise, the theme was the "iCloud."
June 15, 2011
Feds Set RBC Rules for International Banking OrganizationsFederal banking regulators plan to require large, international banking organizations to meet U.S. risk-based capital standards if those are higher than the Basel II RBC standards, or the Basel II RBC standards if those are higher than the U.S. standards.
June 15, 2011
Wirehouse Advisors Are Focus of New NY Life Annuity CampaignAt the heart of the ad campaign is the use of guaranteed income annuities for use in retirement planning, and the benefits such annuities can offer.
June 15, 2011
Securitizing Longevity Risk: Are ‘Death Bonds’ a Good Investment?What to know before investing in what Newsweek called “Wall Street’s most macabre investing scheme yet.”
June 15, 2011
A Long-Term Care Primer: The Need and the LTCI OptionThe need is great now and will only grow greater. Insurers are beginning to step up.
June 14, 2011
Find security for clients in an insecure worldUltimately, we can't predict what challenges life will bring and when. However, with knowledge and resources, we do have the power to prepare for some of the uncertainties that may come our way.
June 14, 2011
Researchers Look at Early PCIP ExperienceThe Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan programs in 10 states seem to have covered at least 34 high-risk pregnancies for 3,201 enrollees during the programs' early months of operations.