Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
FASB to Work with IASB on Insurance Contracts Standard
By Allison BellThe Financial Accounting Standards Board has decided to team with the International Accounting Standards Board to try to develop a single accounting standard for insurance contracts.
February 07, 2011
Senate Panel Eyes Retirement IncomeSimply communicating retirement plan information better could affect how well workers prepare for retirement, a researcher testified recently on Capitol Hill.
February 07, 2011
Bankers Life: Americans Need Advice About AdviceMany middle-income U.S. residents are unaware of how retirement planning really works.
February 07, 2011
Guardian to Leave LTC Insurance MarketGuardian Life Insurance Company of America says it will halt sales of long term care insurance by the end of 2011.
February 07, 2011
Credit Insurance Regs: To Be Continued - This SummerThe Federal Reserve Board is passing responsibility for updating the Truth in Lending Act Regulation Z credit insurance rules on to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
February 07, 2011
Guardian to Leave LTC Insurance MarketGuardian Life Insurance Company of America says it will halt sales of long term care insurance by the end of 2011.
February 07, 2011
Golfer Mahan teams up with Sun Life FinancialHunter Mahan, a three-time PGA tour winner, has signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Sun Life Financial. Click on the headline for the full story.
February 07, 2011
Splitting the Difference with Split-Dollar Life Insurance PlansWhen a client isn't inclined to bear the full premium of a life insurance policy, then you, as advisor, might do well to propose a time-honored tradition.