Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Financial Bill Now In Implementation Phase
By Arthur D. PostalWith legislation that would make the most sweeping changes to financial services regulation since the Great Depression now law, the life insurance industry is taking a keen interest in the next step--the crafting of the rules that will implement it.
July 26, 2010
Underwriting Salesmanship: Mindset Matters!As a group, insurance underwriters can be characterized as "literal" thinkers. That defining characteristic makes them good at what they do, but it can also seriously limit their success.
July 26, 2010
I Want to Appoint You! (Maybe)As the economic recovery continues, albeit uncertainly, companies are revisiting plans to appoint independent agents to meet pent-up demand for life insurance products and financial services.
July 26, 2010
Ask the expert: Life Settlement Investing--COLLAR the RiskEvery investment carries risk, both in the preliminary phase, when you are assessing your options, and in the constant maintenance and adjustments needed to keep your portfolios in check.
July 25, 2010
NCOIL Advances Life Settlement Disclosure ModelA group of state lawmakers is proposing imposing a requirement on life insurers to tell policy owners that life settlements are an alternative to surrendering their policies.
July 25, 2010
MetLife: U.S. Consumers See Economy ImprovingAmericans are telling pollsters that they believe the U.S. economy and their personal financial situations may have bottomed out.
July 25, 2010
California Agency Backpedals On Settlement RequisitesThe California Department of Insurance (CDI) has revised its proposed emergency regulations regulating life settlement providers in the state to make them less onerous to life settlement industry.
July 25, 2010
MLR Caps Still a Big IssueAugust will be a crucial month for insurance agents seeking to preserve their relatively large commissions on the sale of small health insurance policies.