Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
So Many Mentors, So Little Time
By Mark GremlerWhen looking for a mentor, find someone in a business just like yours or someone who is running a business that you want your company ...
July 27, 2008
Bipartisan Estate Tax Bill In SenateBipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate that would freeze the estate tax law slated for 2009 is a positive harbinger of efforts in the next ...
July 27, 2008
Housing Bill Bars Insurance Sales By Reverse Mortgage SellersLegislation overwhelmingly passed by the House on July 23 would in most cases bar banks that sell reverse mortgages backed by the government from selling ...
July 27, 2008
Privacy Fears Smell Like ParanoiaMost of us have little occasion to crack open the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the mental health profession's guidebook for classifying mental ...
July 27, 2008
Index Annuity Executive: SEC Attention 'No Surprise'The head of a major index annuity manufacturer says regulators have been hinting for years that they were going to turn their attention to index ...
July 27, 2008
Gain Access To The Right People In The Right Way At The Right TimeIn today's marketplace, it can be very difficult to gain access to the people with whom you would like to do business. Over the years, ...
July 27, 2008
Florida Court Bars Mandatory Arbitration Clause In Life ContractA Florida appellate court has upheld a ruling by the state Office of Insurance Regulation to bar an insurer from including a mandatory arbitration clause ...
July 27, 2008
DOL Proposes Simplified Disclosure For 401(k) Investment OptionsThe Department of Labor has released proposed regulations aimed at providing workers with a simplified comparison of investment options for 401(k) and other employee retirement ...