Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Ten ways to do the right thing
By Daniel WilliamsI recently polled a group of subscribers and industry experts to get a read on how they're connecting with their clients and how they're emphasizing "doing the right thing."
April 29, 2010
U.S. Life Insurers Boost Capital And SurplusU.S. life insurers enjoyed double-digit growth in total capital and surplus last year, according to a new report.
April 29, 2010
Mid-Income Women Struggling Financially: LIMRAOver half of middle-income women feel dissatisfied with their current financial situation and uncertain about their future financial needs, according to a new survey on reaching women customers.
April 29, 2010
Feinstein's Federal Rate Authority Proposal Is Raising Alarms In The IndustryThe effort of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to add a provision to financial services reform legislation now pending in the Senate that would establish a federal health insurance rate authority is raising alarms in the insurance industry.
April 29, 2010
Industry Working To Get Carve-Outs In Financial Reform LegislationAs senators on both sides of the aisle maneuver to turn the debate over financial services reform legislation to their political advantage, insurance industry lobbyists are working to carve out concessions that limit the bill's impact on the industry.
April 29, 2010
How To Benefit From A True Advisor ModelBack in 2006, if you told a financial services professional the market was going to take a tumble and the fallout would be a loss of consumer confidence in the industry, you probably would have been laughed at.
April 29, 2010
Charitable Leverage: A New Paradigm For Life Insurance and Charitable Remainder TrustsOkay, I confess: I've had a 32-year love affair with cash value life insurance. It is, in my view, the single most dynamic financial tool ever offered to the American consumer.
April 29, 2010
Help Clients Reduce Expenses To Boost Retirement WherewithalRight now many advisors are having a tough time helping clients plan for retirement income.