Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Many Things To Consider With Life Settlement Gifts To Charity
By Staff WriterPicture this couple: retired empty nesters Claude and Carmine Cashcow, who no longer need Claude's $3 million universal life insurance policy and have no desire ...
October 05, 2008
Reversionary Annuities Can Boost Retirement IncomeMany people facing retirement are not aware of an option which may dramatically increase income, not only to them but also to their surviving spouse.A ...
October 05, 2008
What Impact Will The New VA Reserving Guideline Have?With the full adoption of a more flexible reserving guideline for variable annuities by state insurance regulators, companies will now start adjusting their reserving to ...
October 05, 2008
W is Unlucky (if you're a bank)Banking institutions whose name begins with "W" have been particularly unlucky in the current financial crisis.First, Washington Mutual, the country's largest thrift, was taken over ...
October 05, 2008
About Full Disclosure And Blease ResearchThe excerpts in this report are a small part of the data in the Full Disclosure software subscription series. Easy-to-use editions cover universal, whole, survivorship, ...
October 05, 2008
Fitch Changes Outlook For Life Insurers To NegativeFitch Ratings has changed its outlook for U.S. life insurers to 'negative.' This reflects the "significant deterioration" in the credit and equity markets and the ...
October 05, 2008
IRS Eases Limit On 409A Letter RulingsThe Internal Revenue Service says it will resume providing private letter rulings for some types of compensation plans covered by Section 409A of the Internal ...
October 05, 2008
W is Unlucky (if you're a bank)Banking institutions whose name begins with "W" have been particularly unlucky in the current financial crisis.First, Washington Mutual, the country's largest thrift, was taken over ...