Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Guardian rewards referrers with charitable contributions
By staff WriterGuardian 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
Feds Propose More Swaps DefinitionsThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have defended the idea of keeping actively traded insurance products out of the insurance products exclusion in a proposed swaps definition.
May 23, 2011
Opening the VaultIn theory, the process of life insurance is fairly simple: obtain a policy, pay the premiums, and when the policyholder dies, get a death benefit from the insurance company. There are cases, however, when a policyholder simply goes dark.
May 23, 2011
Coming Up ShortA five-person panel of experts questioned whether the U.S. will be able to meet fiscal challenges in the coming year, citing "irreconcilable differences" between the two parties, election-year politics and entrenched interests.
May 23, 2011
Alternative solutions to pay for LTC, part 2Too often our company encounters seniors and their family who have owned a life insurance policy for many years that are about to lapse or surrender it for minimal value.
May 23, 2011
Extra! Extra! All about What We Didn't Cover at the AALU MeetingI wish I could tell you more about what the speakers said--but I can't. Though an AALU conventioneer, I was denied entr?e to the four-day gathering's workshops (plus the former president's talk).
May 23, 2011
Feds Propose More Swaps DefinitionsThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have defended the idea of keeping actively traded insurance products out of the insurance products exclusion in a proposed swaps definition.
May 23, 2011
2 Types of Retooled Term Life InsuranceTerm has long been known for providing the most protection for clients' premium dollars -- and industry sources indicate that it is positioned for future growth.