Life Insurance
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Cannibalism
By Howell H. Hughes Jr.With the average age in the financial services industry hovering in the high 50s, there is a critical need for new and younger representatives to reach our growing population.
May 23, 2011
MWA: BOLI Holdings Climb 5.8%U.S. bank-owned life insurance assets increased 5.8% in 2010, to about $142 billion.
May 23, 2011
Lawyer Analyzes Teren Ruling for ILMAFormal definitions of insurable interest seem to matter more than intent when courts are considering stranger-originated life insurance cases, a lawyer says.
May 23, 2011
Full CircleHe told me that after 9/11 he decided to look more closely at his own mortality, and in turn, at his current employer sponsored life insurance policy. He has since supplemented that plan.
May 23, 2011
Moody's: Life Reinsurers Face Pressure to Branch OutU.S. life insurers are buying less reinsurance they were a decade ago, and that shift is putting pressure on life reinsurers, according to analysts at Moody's Investors Service.
May 23, 2011
Guardian rewards referrers with charitable contributionsGuardian Life Insurance Company has named Ryan Clark of Salt Lake City the winner of its Be a Guardian Hero Incentive Referral Rewards Program. Clark, pictured at center, received a $10,000 check from David Simkowitz, Guardian's field executive committee president, at left, and Don Sullivan, Guardian's senior vice president, agency...
May 23, 2011
Exiting Your Practice, Stage LeftIf you're like many other boomer advisors approaching age 60, planning for a graceful exit from your practice is probably a low priority right now.
May 23, 2011
California Regulators: When Did You Computerize Your Records, and When Did You Sweep Them?California regulators grilled representatives from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company on the finer points of life policy administration automation today during a hearing on unclaimed property issues.