Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Challenges Ahead For Index Annuities And Structured Products
By David MacchiaIn view of the retirement income needs of baby boomers, continued growth in retail sales of structured products--structured notes, exchange traded notes and other structured investments--appears to be bright.
July 20, 2008
Congress Overrides Veto Of Medicare Raise For DocsCongress overrode a veto of legislation on July 15 that canceled a cut in Medicare payments to doctors scheduled to go into effect July 1.Restoring ...
July 20, 2008
Proposed Guideline Could Change ROP TermReturn of premium term has been gaining popularity as a mainstream life-insurance product. More companies sell this type of product to the general market rather ...
July 20, 2008
Housing Bill Could Impact Insurance SalesEfforts to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced by the Bush administration along with a separate Federal Reserve announcement to assist the entities, ...
July 20, 2008
Fla. Toughens Standards For Annuity Sales To SeniorsFlorida Gov. Charlie Christ has signed a new law increasing penalties on annuity salespeople who pressure elderly clients to buy annuities they don't need or ...
July 20, 2008
NU Parent Acquires Financial PublicationsSummit Business Media L.L.C. today announced the acquisition of several business-to-business publications and market services from WiesnerMedia L.L.C.The deal for the WiesnerMedia financial group includes ...
July 20, 2008
Hard Times And Life Insurance: Bright Spots ExistPresident Roosevelt said it best: "All we have to fear is fear itself." Right now, there's no shortage of fear.Consider some recent headlines:o Consumer Confidence ...
July 20, 2008
Look Forward, And QuicklyThe periodic skirmishes between regulators and legislators of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the National Conference of Insurance Legislators are right up there ...