Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
WellPoint to Raise Calif. Individual Rates 9.1%
By Allison BellA unit of WellPoint Inc. has agreed to increase individual health insurance rates in California a little less and a little later than it had originally proposed.
March 22, 2011
Detailed letters can speed underwriting processEvery producer knows that getting from illustration to application to issued to commission can be a long, agonizing process.
March 22, 2011
Free counsel solves prospecting problemsI have been able to inform certain large accounting and law firms that I can add prestige to their offices by rendering honest, painstaking and intelligent service whenever they encounter an insurance problem.
March 22, 2011
Analyst: Most U.S. Life Policies Cover Radiation PoisoningA standard U.S. life insurance policy would cover death from radiation poisoning.
March 22, 2011
Dearborn Cuts DistributorsDearborn National has ended a distribution and marketing agreement with Rayant Insurance Agency Inc.
March 22, 2011
New York Department Rules on Life Settlement Privacy ProvisionsAn official in the New York State Insurance Department says a life settlement servicing company may not necessarily have the authority to contact an insured to ask about the insured's health status.
March 22, 2011
3 steps to developing a successful referral systemMost producers get referrals by asking their clients for the names of any acquaintances who may need their services.
March 22, 2011
Life insurance and relationships, part 3: The GA/BGA-carrier and underwriter relationshipMuch like the relationship between the advisor and agent/broker, this one is based on integrity, competence, communication and confidence.