Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Battle Rages On The Suitability Of Current Annuity Regulation
By Jim ConnollyWhen state insurance commissioners adopted a model regulation to curtail the abusive use of senior designations recently, it highlighted the ongoing efforts regulators are currently ...
November 02, 2008
Educating The Client About The True Costs Of Variable COLIThe decision to buy variable corporate-owned life insurance can entail a complicated series of steps. There are many aspects, from plan design and the desire ...
November 02, 2008
People That Choices CreatePeople make choices every day, some consciously, many automatic, as we respond to our daily challenges. Most such choices have little impact beyond getting us ...
November 02, 2008
VAs Finding Need To Innovate In A Changing Retirement Landscape"The pendulum is swinging our way," said a variable annuity executive here in a panel on innovation in retirement income products.Media reports on VAs have ...
November 02, 2008
For The Cash-Strapped Business, Cash Values Can A Be Life-SaverAs the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression grew in magnitude in recent weeks, many small businesses struggled, often desperately, to fund operational expenses ...
November 02, 2008
Estate Settlement Advice: Good Planning Builds Client LoyaltyA large percentage of adult Americans do not have a will or estate plan, potentially leaving the state to decide how their property will be ...
November 02, 2008
Building A Female-Friendly PracticeOver the past few years, many financial service companies have come to the realization that women are an integral part of the marketplace. Women represent ...
November 02, 2008
Is NAIC's Rating Agency Proposal Investment Grade?One of the more interesting projects state insurance commissioners have on the burner is a plan to start up a rating agency.The first mention of ...