Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Term Life Deserves A Makeover
By Timothy C. PfeiferPerhaps it is to be expected that the most economical form of life insurance--term life--would enjoy sales success in today's tough times.
December 07, 2009
Agents Seek Delay On Moves To Create Single Suitability StandardLife insurance agents are stepping up their efforts to push down the road legislative action on proposals that would harmonize the suitability standards investment advisors and broker-dealers have to meet in regard to their customers.
December 07, 2009
Get Ready To Be A FiduciaryVarious legislative bodies and not a few regulators are moving at warp speed to impose "fiduciary duties" on salespeople in all segments of the financial services industry.
December 07, 2009
Insights Of An Advanced Sales AttorneyAs an advanced sales attorney, one of my primary responsibilities is estate analysis. In a nutshell, estate analysis is the process of reviewing a client's existing estate plan, performing a hypothetical probate and projecting tax exposure.
December 07, 2009
Life Policy Appraisals Create Opportunities For AdvisorsAppraisals of life policies are hot right now.
December 06, 2009
Get Ready To Be A FiduciaryVarious legislative bodies and not a few regulators are moving at warp speed to impose "fiduciary duties" on salespeople in all segments of the financial services industry.
December 06, 2009
Senate Rejects Health Bill Pay Cap AmendmentA majority of senators voted Sunday to cap deductibility of health insurance company executive pay, but supporters failed to gather the 60 votes needed to win approval.
December 06, 2009
Hallway ChatterThe hallway chatter at insurance industry meetings is comparable to a high-end focus group.