Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
B/D Briefing: Calm Before the Storm?
By James J. GreenA new report found that the average securities class action settlement was halved in 2008, but the authors of Securities Class Action Settlements: 2008 Review...
March 31, 2009
Effective strategies for marketing life settlementsMore and more advisors I speak with are either making sure life settlements are a part of their practice or are wondering if they should.
March 31, 2009
Firm Gets Fla. Settlement LicenseImperial Life Settlements L.L.C. has received a viatical settlement provider license in its home state.
March 31, 2009
Survey: Stability Is InConsultants who serve defined contribution retirement plans now have more interest in bonds and stable-value products.
March 31, 2009
MDRT Taps National UnderwriterNational Underwriter Life & Health is partnering with the Million Dollar Round Table to provide the MDRT Daily News at the MDRT's 2009 Annual Meeting.
March 31, 2009
Brown Supports Regulatory UpdateU.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants the "G20" leaders to put global financial services regulatory modernization efforts that include insurance on their meeting agenda.
March 31, 2009
Guarantees dominate variable annuities amid sharp sales declineAlmost all variable annuities offered include some form of Guaranteed Living Benefit (GLB) according to a survey by Milliman released Tuesday. The firm's new survey of...
March 31, 2009
Speakers: LTC To Face More ScrutinyA more daunting regulatory environment could be one of the challenges facing the long term care insurance industry over the next 5 to 10 years.