Life Insurance
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Iowa Regulator Rules on Health Rates
By Allison BellIowa Insurance Commission Susan Voss lowered one health rate increase that a carrier requested and let another proceed as filed.
January 31, 2011
Allianz Revamps DistributionAllianz Life Insurance Company of North America has restructured its broker-dealer sales team.
January 31, 2011
2/3 of insurance execs predict flat life insurance sales in 2011According to a December LIMRA survey of industry leaders, 59 percent of insurance executives believe individual life insurance sales will stay flat and 68 percent believe group life sales will halt this year.
January 31, 2011
Capturing prospects' attention with inbound marketingTo grow my commissions to the level I wanted, I knew I needed to get in front of enough qualified prospects who were interested in what I had to offer.
January 31, 2011
GNAIE: Accounting Groups Blocking Significant DiscussionsThe process the International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board are using to consider a major insurance contracts accounting project will keep commenters from addressing critical issues, U.S. insurance groups charge.
January 31, 2011
Productivity always prevailsAs life expectancies continue to climb, not just in the U.S. but around the world
January 31, 2011
To RAA or not to RAA?Life insurance companies offer retained asset accounts as a convenience to beneficiaries upon the death of an insured.
January 31, 2011
What is your opinion of long-term care insurance?It's expensive, but I have it and I'm glad that I do. My wife and I both have a policy.