Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
SPARK Develops Small Retirement Plan Concept
By Staff WriterA group that represents large retirement services providers has come up with an idea for a new retirement plan design aimed at employers with fewer than 100 employees.
March 15, 2010
Dodd Bill Likely To Propose Study Of Fiduciary StandardA provision to study whether a fiduciary standard should be required in the sale of investment products
March 15, 2010
Favorable Access Is Core To Success With Voluntary LTCThe workplace continues to be an important channel for long term care insurance sales.
March 15, 2010
How Long Term Care Insurance Can Help Clients Avoid Long Term Care RationingIn the 1940s, the United States voluntarily rationed scarce commodities to ensure that soldiers would have the food and support they needed to fight our cause overseas. Back then, rationing took place for the nation's greater good.
March 15, 2010
Relationship Between Dental Care And Overall Health StudiedDental insurers have been careful in recent years about giving dental care and dental coverage too much credit for improving patients' overall health.
March 15, 2010
A Potential Cure For The IRC Section 101(j) BluesMichael Moore's new film, "Capitalism: A Love Story," created negative media attention and prompted the introduction of a federal legislation regarding employer-owned life insurance.
March 15, 2010
Full Disclosure Universal Life ReportThe editors of Full Disclosure periodically survey life insurers active in upper markets across a wide range of product specifications, illustrations, guaranteed minimum premiums, and more.
March 15, 2010
The Five Disciplines That Make You Invaluable To CustomersIn an era of global competition and Internet commerce, salespeople are in danger of becoming irrelevant.