Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
You Can Work Till You're 80 and Still Run Short
By Allison BellEven if Social Security makes good on benefits promises, and even if low-income workers keep working till they're 80, about 38% of those low-income workers could go broke when they finally do retire.
June 07, 2011
Milliman: Pension Funds Look Healthier - But . . .The funded status of big U.S. defined benefit pension plans is still better than it was a year ago - but low interest rates are starting to hurt.
June 07, 2011
Hartford Finds Group Disability Umbrella Shrinking.Group disability insurance plans are covering a smaller percentage of U.S. workers this year than they were covering in 2010.
June 07, 2011
Get to know your prospects -- before you meet themPeople prefer to do business with people they like and who are knowledgeable about their business. The first step I take in any sales strategy is to find out who the potential customers are and establish a rapport with them
June 07, 2011
The DI StoryI recently attended a disability income meeting in Scottsdale, where I heard lots of stories from producers
June 07, 2011
Prospect among second-line managersDoing business with corporations, partnerships and sole-proprietors is both demanding and very rewarding.
June 07, 2011
Witnesses: PPACA Helps the Sick, Raises Coverage PricesThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 has helped some Indiana residents obtain desperately needed health coverage while contributing to rapid cost increases.
June 07, 2011
AHIP: If Providers Do What We Do, They Should Follow the Same RulesWhen accountable care organizations take on jobs that health plans have been handling, they should meet the same standards that health plans have to meet, according to America's Health Insurance Plans.