Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Five tips for delivering solid media interviews
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPGetting a reporter or writer to call is only the first step -- if you botch the interview, the reporter is unlikely to quote you or call you again.
July 22, 2010
SEC Pans State Life Settlement Regs; GAO Mentions Federal Charter OptionA U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) task force wants to classify life settlements as securities, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says Congress should consider taking action.
July 21, 2010
PPACA: The Cadillac Plan Tax is ComingSome employers may want to redesign their benefits packages to ward off a coming tax on high-cost health plans.
July 21, 2010
ACORD Adopts DTCC File Format StandardsACORD is making record layouts from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. part of its ACORD Life, Annuity and Health standard.
July 21, 2010
ACORD Adopts DTCC File Format StandardsACORD is making record layouts from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. part of its ACORD Life, Annuity and Health standard.
July 21, 2010
Implementation Toolbox: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, has arrived.
July 21, 2010
Eastbridge: Critical Illness Sales Show Healthy GainsVoluntary critical illness insurance sales were 88% higher in 2009 than in 2008, according to Eastbridge Consulting Group Inc.
July 21, 2010
Long Term Care Insurance Excuses -- They're Not Your Fault!Some say it's hard to sell long term care insurance -- and it is, but selling all insurance is hard.