Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Ad Bits: Pacific Life, Humana
By Warren S. HerschPacific Life Insurance Company has chosen Engine Company 1 L.L.C. to be its creative advertising agency.
May 04, 2010
Retirement Income: Republicans Lash Out; GAO, ASPPA Weigh InCongressional Republicans today stepped into the battle between life insurers and mutual fund companies over the proper vehicle investors should use to invest retirement savings.
May 04, 2010
Income protection: The value of disability insuranceFor many, keeping a paycheck is a top priority. We depend on our paychecks to fund all of the everyday things in our lives -- our cars, our homes, our savings for retirement.
May 03, 2010
VA Designed For Sale In Fee-Based MarketAllianz Life Insurance Company of North America says it is planning to enter the fee-based market with a new variable annuity.
May 03, 2010
DI Awareness Month: Ignorance, Denial PersistTens of millions of U.S. workers are still one serious illness or injury away from financial disaster.
May 03, 2010
NAIFA Opposes Stranger-Originated AnnuitiesThe National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors has made a formal decision to oppose stranger-originated annuity transactions.
May 03, 2010
Hewitt: This is A Wakeup Call On Retirement NeedsTypical U.S. employees will need to have resources equal to more than 15 times their final pay to maintain their standard of living after they retire, according to analysts at Hewitt Associates Inc.
May 03, 2010
Treasury, Labor Get Earful About AnnuitiesAnnuities and other private-market products that provide income guarantees could play a major role in improving U.S. workers' retirement income security, life insurer representatives have told federal regulators.