Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Are You A Fiduciary?
By Linda KocoDiscussion is stirring in Congress over whether an Obama administration proposal to have brokers who provide investment advice held to a fiduciary standard, not just the current suitability standard.
October 05, 2009
Public Option Off Table In SenateHealth care reform legislation that the insurance industry could support took a giant step forward last week when the Senate Finance Committee rejected two amendments that would create a so-called "public option" to compete with private insurers.
October 05, 2009
House Panel Gears Up For Insurance Office HearingLife groups today are asking Congress to create a Federal Insurance Office, and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is saying regulators might support a FIO bill, if the bill left solvency issues to the states.
October 05, 2009
Can You Succeed as an Independent Advisor?Recently, I spoke with a friend who left a large bank for another large banking/brokerage operation. He said he felt like he needed to be...
October 04, 2009
2Q Variable Life Sales Rose 4.5% Over 1Q ResultsVariable life insurance sales with single premiums included at 10% for the 35 companies reporting in the VALUE survey for the second quarter of 2009 were $307.3 million.
October 04, 2009
Insights From Top-Flight Speakers At NU'S L&H Executive ConferenceSenior executives, regulators and industry analysts will offer "Insights and ideas for leading in this complex environment" at the Twentieth Annual Executive Conference for the Life Insurance Industry.
October 04, 2009
It's Showtime For SPIAsThe volatile investment markets have not dampened life insurers' willingness to take on longevity risk, which is the risk that annuitants outlive their life expectancy.
October 04, 2009
Wake-up CallFollowing President Obama's recent address to the joint session of Congress, I listened to several analyses on three different TV channels.