Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
What Widows Want From Their Financial Professionals
By Linda KocoHow do new widows and widowers feel about the services and products of financial professionals who assisted them during the early months following the death of a spouse?
February 01, 2010
Full Disclosure Survivorship Life ReportYou may have heard by now that 2010 may be a great year to die-at least from a federal estate tax standpoint, anyway.
February 01, 2010
Obama Proposes COLI TaxPresident Obama's proposed budget for the 2011 fiscal year would raise $14.4 billion in insurance-related revenue over the next 10 years, primarily by indirectly taxing the inside buildup of corporate-owned life insurance.
February 01, 2010
Indifferent Customers, Sluggish Sales Represent New OpportunitiesLife insurance is an essential element of personal financial planning, but consumers are remarkably indifferent about who they buy their life insurance from.
February 01, 2010
Obama Proposes COLI TaxPresident Obama's proposed budget for the 2011 fiscal year would raise $14.4 billion in insurance-related revenue over the next 10 years, primarily by indirectly taxing the inside buildup of corporate-owned life insurance.
February 01, 2010
The New Directions of Long Term Care InsuranceWith quotes like these, how can anyone believe that long term care insurance is not a necessity, but a luxury?
February 01, 2010
Taking The Pulse Of Your ClienteleQuestion: Would you agree that most of your clients are (a) intensely loyal to you; (b) moderately loyal; (c) neither loyal nor disloyal; (d) moderately disloyal; or (e) would happily bolt to another advisor at the first opportunity.
February 01, 2010
Finding new markets in life insuranceIf your New Year's resolution is to find new life insurance business, you'll have your work cut out for you in 2010,