Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Top 10 Tax Facts for 529 Savings Plans in 2019
By Robert Bloink | William H. ByrnesMany clients are somewhat confused by 529 plans, and Trump's tax reform law added to that confusion.
March 16, 2019
Regulators Aim to Make Troubled Insurers Work BetterThe NAIC's new Restructuring Mechanisms Working Group is looking at how to improve runoff and restructuring arrangements.
March 15, 2019
How to Help Clients Through the 4 Stages of Major Life TransitionsSudden Money Institute founder Susan Bradley walks ThinkAdvisor through her framework, intended to create stickier client relationships.
March 15, 2019
NAIC Developing Executive-Level Committee to Harmonize LTCI RatesThe committee would try to establish a uniform practice for granting rate increases across states.
March 15, 2019
Indexed Life Sales Keep Growing: WinkSales of whole life and traditional universal life edged lower.
March 15, 2019
Genworth Has Canada ProblemsOne concern about the China Oceanwide-Genworth deal in Ottawa is customer data security.
March 14, 2019
State Legislators May Write a Short-Term Health ModelThe sales standards fight is also on the agenda for NCOIL's meeting in Nashville.
March 14, 2019
Variable Universal Life Won Life Insurance in 2018VUL policies account for just 8% of the U.S. individual market, but sales growth has been strong.