Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
UL Death Benefit Guarantee: What's Right For The Client?
By Chris GradyWhat kind of death benefit guarantee period is right for the client? That question comes up after advisor and client have decided that universal life best suits the financial security need.
November 16, 2009
Servicemember Life Plan To Cover Stillborn ChildrenThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is extending Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance dependent coverage to an insured member's stillborn child.
November 16, 2009
AALU Asks Members To Campaign For ReunificationThe House could move sometime this week to take up legislation extending the 2009 estate tax level to 2010.
November 16, 2009
Forecaster: It's A Great Time For Selling InsuranceA nationally known economics forecaster said here that he believes this is a great time to sell insurance products.
November 16, 2009
NAILBA Gives To CharityThe National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies put philanthropy on the front burner here during the second general session of the association's 28th annual meeting.
November 16, 2009
Federal estate tax due to go to zeroThe end of the year is bringing more than the holidays. The federal estate tax could be eliminated entirely in 2010 unless Congress intervenes, Reuters reports.
November 16, 2009
MassMutual Wins Taft-Hartley AccountThe Ironworkers District Council of Southern Ohio & Vicinity Annuity Trust has picked the retirement services division of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company to run its Taft-Hartley retirement plan.
November 16, 2009
Leverage in Life--and DeathThe competition to attract business from the desirable high-net-worth niche is fierce, and wealth managers must continually find ways to differentiate themselves to capture their...