Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Life Insurance: Do it for Love or Do It for Money
By Marvin H. FeldmanA friend of mine who has a contract with Prudential recently sent me an ad he had received from them.
June 06, 2011
Assurant Aids Relief FundThe Assurant Foundation is donating $50,000 to the American Red Cross to help residents of communities in Alabama, Massachusetts, Missouri and other states that have been devastated by tornadoes in recent weeks.
June 06, 2011
Graduation DayAccording to a recent LIMRA study, the life insurance industry has focused most of its growth over the last decade on increasing productivity in an already trained, already employed sales force.
June 06, 2011
Escheat Probe Continues to WidenThe investigation by multiple states in the claims settlement practices of life insurers appears to be widening and deepening--with no end in sight.
June 06, 2011
Re-Imagining Your Tool Box for the Small Business ClientThough the U.S. economy is improving, observers say many small businesses are either unable or unwilling to set aside cash for permanent life insurance to fund non-qualified compensation plans for key executives.
June 06, 2011
What Would You Think?IMAGINE THAT YOU and your spouse are fifty year-olds, and in the summer of 2010 hear about the following retirement product.
June 06, 2011
Staying the CourseThe economic crisis of 2008 was a stark reminder to many 401(k) participants that nothing is certain--especially a person's retirement savings.
June 06, 2011
Unclaimed Property: California Regulators Share Authority with VerusThe California Department of Insurance has armed a private auditing firm with the powers of the insurance commissioner, in an apparent sign that the department is making an investigation of life insurer claim settlement practices a top priority.