Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Rule 151A or Not, Annuity Climate Will Change
By Danette L. KennedyThe insurance industry has rallied against the Securities and Exchange Commission's Proposed Rule 151A, issued in June 2008, which would make fixed index annuities securities. ...
September 07, 2008
Planning For The Surviving Spouse With A QTIP TrustWhile an estate plan will often concentrate on the credit shelter trust or B trust side of an A-B trust, advisors should also give attention ...
September 07, 2008
How Disability Income Policies Have Changed-For The BetterOver the course of the last two decades, the disability income marketplace has been forced to reinvent itself.This is due in large part to the ...
September 07, 2008
Florida Dept. Considering Bill To Curtail STOLI TransactionsThe Florida insurance department is considering introducing legislation during the 2009 legislative session that would curtail stranger-originated life insurance.The state's legislative session runs from March ...
September 07, 2008
How Disability Income Policies Have Changed-For The BetterOver the course of the last two decades, the disability income marketplace has been forced to reinvent itself.This is due in large part to the ...
September 07, 2008
Advisors Doubt Robustness Of Clients' Retirement AssetsFinancial advisors are grappling with the unsettling reality that without careful planning, clients may not have enough saved for regular income streams in retirement.In interviews, ...
September 07, 2008
Advisors Divided Over Value Of Retirement Annuity LadderingLaddering retirement annuities may be the way to stay out of a financial hole in retirement, according to a new study.But planners are more cautious ...
September 07, 2008
Florida Dept. Considering Bill To Curtail STOLI TransactionsThe Florida insurance department is considering introducing legislation during the 2009 legislative session that would curtail stranger-originated life insurance.The state's legislative session runs from March ...