Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
MetLife: Many Want To See Advisors
By Allison BellMore than a quarter of U.S. workers born after 1964 have put "meet with a financial advisor" on their personal to-do lists.
March 09, 2009
Did you know: life policy lapse rates are fallingThis chart shows ordinary life insurance lapse rates from 1996 through 2007. It was prepared by Steven Weisbart of the Insurance Information Institute, for a February 2009 presentation.
March 09, 2009
Seniors are underinsured7.1 million: Number of adults between 50 and 64 who were uninsured in 2007. 9%: Percentage of income represented by health insurance premiums for an individual who makes $40,000 per year. 8.2 million: Estimated number of older adults
March 09, 2009
NAIC Finds Widespread Insurance IgnoranceMany consumers think they know more about insurance than they really do.
March 09, 2009
AIG: If We Fall, So Do Many Life InsurersAmerican International Group Inc. has told regulators that letting it fail could cause "turmoil in the U.S. economy and global markets" and wipe out "a number of U.S. life insurers."
March 09, 2009
Golden State OKs Preferred Mortality TablesThe California Department of Insurance has changed its life reserve calculation rules.
March 09, 2009
Impending health care costs won't lower living standardsNo evidence suggests boomers approaching age 65 will be forced to reduce their living standards due to medical expenses, according to new research from the...
March 09, 2009
Ten ways to thank clients everydayUnder-promise and over-deliver. Do a little more and write it up in the bill with "no charge." Work hard and bill fairly. Return calls promptly, even if it's just to acknowledge you received the client's call and will get ba