Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Congress Pursuing Health Care Reform On Many Fronts
By Arthur D. PostalCongress appeared to be moving late last week toward healthcare reform legislation that addresses the concerns of the health insurance industry
August 03, 2009
FINRA Addresses SettlementsThe Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has notified member firms that they must comply with the rules governing variable life policy sales when participating in the life settlement business.
August 03, 2009
Survivorship UL Takes Some Worry Out Of RetirementSurvivorship universal life insurance may not be the first financial tool that comes to mind when planning for retirement
August 03, 2009
Benmosche To Lead AIGRobert Benmosche, who retired from the post of chairman at MetLife Inc. in 2006, will be the new chief executive officer of American International Group Inc.
August 03, 2009
National Life Group Insurance Companies Enhance Indexed Universal Life Portfolio for Small Business OwnersNational Life Insurance Company (NLIC) and Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (LSW), members of National Life Group, Montpelier, Vt., have announced that their complete indexed universal life portfolio is now available in qualified plans
August 03, 2009
Why And How Retirement Literacy Needs To IncreaseIn recent years, there has been much focus on financial literacy and on teaching how to start saving and investing, especially for retirement, but little focus on what may be called "retirement literacy.."
August 03, 2009
Sun Life Financial Names Michael Murphy Assistant V.P. for Individual Life Product MarketingThe U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc., Wellesley, Mass., has named Michael Murphy CLU, ChFC, Assistant Vice President, U.S. Individual Life Product Marketing.
August 03, 2009
Full Disclosure Survivorship Life ReportOur last survivorship life report (see NU, Feb. 2, 2009) revealed that the number of survivorship life products in the marketplace had decreased dramatically