Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Let the budget lobbying begin
By Brian AndersonPresident Obama's $3.7 trillion 2012 budget proposal released Monday predictably includes some provisions that have the life insurance industry on high alert.
February 16, 2011
How to Develop a Professional Reputation in the DI MarketIf you specialize in the disability insurance marketplace, chances are you'll come across your competition on a regular basis.
February 15, 2011
Analysts: Obama Budget Not That Bad for Life InsurersIf the life insurance revenue raisers in the Obama administration's 2012 budget proposal somehow become law, they may have only a small effect on company profits, securities analysts predict.
February 15, 2011
NAIC Panel Sets Life Settlement GoalsThe Life Insurance and Annuities Committee at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has added life settlement items to a description of its charges for 2011.
February 15, 2011
Opportunity in business exit planningAs I look at what is emerging in the years ahead, I feel business exit planning remains the most fertile ground for our firm.
February 15, 2011
4 steps to finding a mentorRight now, commit to finding a mentor. Write it down as a goal. Tell your spouse or best friend to hold you accountable to it.
February 15, 2011
Schapiro: Our Fiduciary Project is Separate from Labor'sThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is helping the U.S. Department of Labor update a definition of "fiduciary," but that effort is separate from the SEC's own fiduciary standard study, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said today.
February 15, 2011
That file of old prospects? Throw it outA simple but dramatic innovation in prospecting -- materially improving my time control system -- has aided me appreciably during the past year.