Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
The ABCs of perseverance
By Richard BerryLife is full of disappointments and setbacks, but most success stories have one thing in common--perseverance.
June 01, 2009
Senate Committee To Meet On LTC InsuranceThe U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will hold a hearing June 3 on long term care insurance.
June 01, 2009
Do you have whole life insurance?I don't believe so. I know about life insurance, but I'm not familiar with whole life, so I would have to say no.
June 01, 2009
LIMRA Finds Weak Individual Life Insurance SalesPremiums from individual life insurance sales declined 26% in the first quarter of 2009 from a year ago.
June 01, 2009
Hold your own feet to the fireThe most important quality of successful people is self-discipline.
June 01, 2009
Tantalus ReduxI can't remember for a fact, but it seems to me that I've already used the mythic image of Sisyphus to describe the life insurance industry's seemingly doomed challenge of getting Congress to approve an optional federal charter.
June 01, 2009
Retirement Plan Beneficiary Information Needs Regular CheckupsA recent U.S. Supreme Court case demonstrates the importance of ensuring that beneficiary designations are current on 401(k) accounts and other company-sponsored retirement plans.
June 01, 2009
Picking Up the 500-Pound PhoneThe bad news emanating from today's financial markets is enough to drive even the most successful financial advisor under the desk and over the edge.