Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Texas Agency Asks For LTC Rate Info
By staff WriterThe Texas Department of Insurance is calling on long term care insurers to submit rate information for a new consumer guide it is preparing to publish.
June 07, 2010
An Income Planning ChallengeRecent developments are again raising the issue of harmonization of the duties of broker-dealers that sell insurance products and the duties of investment advisers who consult on income planning.
June 07, 2010
The High Cost of Being Ahead of The Healthcare CurveThe health care act passed by Congress and signed by President Obama is titled the "Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act".
June 07, 2010
The More, The Better: Success In The Multi-Life DI MarketSelling individual disability insurance to two or more employees at the same employer is less expensive than selling coverage to just one.
June 07, 2010
Opportunities Abound In The Underserved Small Business MarketThirty-plus years ago, life insurance carriers trained their large career agent forces to call upon small business owners to deliver life insurance-based solutions designed for their firms.
June 07, 2010
Financial Reform Casts Shadow On IndustryThe life insurance industry will be watching closely the rest of this month as Congress completes work on historic legislation making the most sweeping changes to financial services regulation since the Depression.
June 07, 2010
When The Family Isn't All BusinessAntonin Scalia already had experience working with a group of nine when appointed to the Supreme Court in 1986. He was the father of five sons and four daughters.
June 07, 2010
Annuity Complexity Demands Standard IllustrationsToday's annuities have very advanced concepts and benefit characteristics--market value adjusting, separate investment accounts, indexing and guaranteed living benefits, to name a few.