Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Towers Watson to Feds: Mind Preventive Care Prices
By Allison BellHealth plans should be able to use financial incentives to encourage consumers to shop for reasonably priced preventive care services.
March 21, 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.
March 21, 2011
We Need a Better FixIs the system broken? As a millennial, I am not on the cusp of retirement but if you pose this question to a boomer, they may have a more temporal answer.
March 20, 2011
Rating Agency: Tohoku Life Insurance Claims to Exceed $3.7 billionThe Great Tohoku Earthquake and the resulting tsunamis and aftershocks may lead to life and health insurance claims with a value equivalent to about $3.7 billion to $5 billion.
March 20, 2011
New York Department Sides with Life Settlement CompanyNew York insurance regulators have issued a ruling that could affect life settlements involving conversions of term life insurance policies.
March 20, 2011
The High Cost of LivingLife insurers are tasked with the unfortunate duty of placing values on life while supplying the insured with a policy tailored to their individual needs
March 20, 2011
Singing the Praises of Tax SeasonShould the insurance professional and CPA agree their practices are a match, then the next step is to develop a business plan. Among other things, says Partners Financial's Chung, the document should outline revenue targets
March 19, 2011
Advisor tip: How to discuss life insurance with clientsSome advisors say, "My clients don't want life insurance." Here's the truth: They don't want to be sold life insurance.