Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Researchers: General Pressure Fueled Health Bill Crisis
By Staff WriterMedical bills have been hitting U.S. consumers so hard partly because the consumers are so short on cash.
September 20, 2010
OECD Analysts: Please, Tax InsuranceOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development researchers suggest that the United States might be wise to change insurance tax rules.
September 20, 2010
PPACA: Sept. 23 is NighHealth insurance rates and children's access to health coverage are some of the hot topics this week as an important Affordable Care Act implementation deadline nears.
September 20, 2010
The Time is Now: Convincing Your Life Insurance Clients to Seize the MomentMany clients realize they need life insurance. In fact, 70 percent of women and 62 percent of men believe that life insurance is a necessity and that all adults should have it, according to research by LIMRA.
September 20, 2010
The four keys to cross-sellingCross-selling is one of the key ways advisors can reach their potential.
September 20, 2010
Branding Yourself as an LTCI Specialist: My Favorite StrategiesWhen people first began calling me the LTC Queen - when I started to receive faxes and other correspondence addressed to "Queen" or "LTC Queen" on a fairly regular basis - was when I first realized I'd successfully branded myself.
September 20, 2010
Hancock Plans to Raise LTC Rates 40%John Hancock Life Insurance Company is telling distributors it plans to raise rates for in-force long term care insurance policies 40%.
September 20, 2010
FASB: Should We Think Big or Think Small?The Financial Accounting Standards Board is asking insurance accounting experts whether it should try to converge with proposed international standards or just update the current rules.