Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Insurance Update: Along for the Rider
By Marlene Y. SatterIf your clients are looking for limited disability coverage without taking on a whole new policy, they could look at life insurance. Life insurance policies these...
February 01, 2010
Can You Trust Your Insurance Company?Whenever annuity expert Moshe Milevsky headlines client appreciation events these days, one overarching concern inevitably bubbles up: the solvency of life insurance companies. "It's credit risk,...
February 01, 2010
Undemocratic Credit: Finance (Including Banking) Finance Regains Prudence, at a PriceIn the old days, bankers only wanted to do business with rich people. If you needed a million dollars, you could never get it from...
January 31, 2010
Variable, Universal, or Indexed Life: Which is best for your prospects?For clients who want a little more from their life insurance policy than a traditional term life solution can offer, a variable or indexed life product might be the answer.
January 31, 2010
Budget Proposal Includes Life Settlement ProvisionsThe Obama administration wants to impose new life settlement reporting rules and tighten the rules governing life settlement tax calculations.
January 31, 2010
The future of long term care insurance is ...My crystal ball is still cloudy in terms of how long term care (LTC) will be impacted by the final provisions of the great health care debate. Chances are it will remain an issue left for another day.
January 31, 2010
Hancock Promotes New Life-LTC ComboJohn Hancock Life Insurance has brought out a single-premium whole life insurance product that offers a long term care insurance feature.