Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
An overview of Social Security
By Steve DelottSocial Security is a federal program of benefits that was developed in 1935 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal plan. One of the primary benefits provided by the Social Security system is that of retirement income.
December 14, 2010
Absolute Life, a New Life Settlement Firm, Releases EarningsAbsolute Life Solutions Inc. is reporting $2.3 million in net income on $3.8 million in revenue for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31.
December 14, 2010
Donations earn agency Medical Second Opinion coverageAt the recent NAILBA annual meeting, Tori Van Dusen-Roos, center, of Diversified Brokerage Services in Minneapolis, won MediGuide Medical Second Opinion coverage for all DBS employees, donated by Legal & General America. Also shown are DBS president Chip Van Dusen, left, and Legal & General America CEO Jimmy Atkins. Click...
December 14, 2010
Forecast: Boomers to Inherit $12 TrillionBaby boomers could get about $12 trillion from parents and other relatives in coming years, according to researchers at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
December 14, 2010
New York Applies New Life Settlement LawsFairMarket Life Settlements Corp. and Magna Life Settlements Inc. have received the first two licenses issued under New York state's new life settlement laws.
December 14, 2010
Christi Daughenbaugh Takes Over as NAILBA ChairmanDexter Umekubo will be the chairman-elect of the National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies in 2011.
December 14, 2010
New Dearborn National product targets underinsuredDearborn National has rolled out Mountain Vista, a new term life product meant to serve working- to middle-class Americans.
December 14, 2010
H.R. 4853: Prospects Improving in HouseHouse Democrats seemed to be moving Tuesday toward letting a tax measure that includes major estate tax and foreign life and annuity tax provisions pass.