Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Quiz question: Firms are leaving which states?
By Trevor ThomasWhich three states do life settlement firms cite most often as states the firms have left due to concerns about laws and regulations? Find out here.
September 14, 2009
Quotable: When an older life policy is unaffordableJohn M. Bragg discusses how advisors need to be able to explore the life settlement option with clients.
September 14, 2009
Minnesota's new viatical settlements law: Find it hereThis article contains a link to Minnesota's new viatical settlements law, which contains stipulations for licenses of brokers and providers in this market.
September 14, 2009
"Stop Ignoring The Lesson"President Obama today accused some on Wall Street of returning to the reckless ways that caused the recent financial crisis.
September 14, 2009
Feature: Settlement executives comment on Times articleA New York Times article comparing the bundling of life insurance policies to the packaging of mortgage-backed securities is generating quite a bit of notice in the life settlement industry.
September 13, 2009
Quotable: When an older life policy is unaffordableJohn M. Bragg discusses how advisors need to be able to explore the life settlement option with clients.
September 13, 2009
Top 21 individual life premium leaders in 2008: Highline DataThis chart shows the top 21 leaders in individual life insurance premiums for 2008, according to Highline Data.
September 13, 2009
Duly noted: Revenue Ruling 2009-13 proves contentiousRevenue Ruling 2009-13 has proven "contentious," according to two panelists at a recent meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla.