Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Milliman: Life Income Guarantees Need Guarantees
By Allison BellThe United States will have to come up with new risk-management mechanisms if it wants many more workers to annuitize their retirement assets, according to financial risk management specialists at Milliman Inc.
May 10, 2010
Use the 'three bridges close' techniqueEffective face-to face presentation is a critical part of the LTCI sale, but what if you're having trouble making the transition to closing the client and getting him to admit he needs this protection?
May 10, 2010
Feature: Settlements spur some carriers to terminate producers or consider policy rescissionOnce a life policy has been settled, 50% of direct writing life insurers say their company procedure is to "terminate producers circumventing the system." Some call that "anti-consumer," but others say it's "pro-active."
May 09, 2010
Appeals Court Overturns Florida Settlement RulingThe 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in connection with litigation with a life settlement firm.
May 07, 2010
Hartford To Turn 200An insurer will celebrate its bicentennial May 10 at the New York Stock Exchange.
May 07, 2010
Mark Farrah: Medigap Carriers Report Slow GrowthSales of traditional Medicare supplement insurance plans continue to increase, a market data firm says.
May 07, 2010
Labor Department: Know Your Target-Date FundThe U.S. Department of Labor has posted an investor bulletin that explains target-date retirement fund basics.
May 07, 2010
Retirement Income: LIMRA Calls For More EducationRetirement plan participants need more information about strategies for making retirement assets last, LIMRA has told federal regulators.