Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
States implement senior protection
By Staff WriterIowa and Kansas have become the latest states to implement legislation aimed at protecting seniors from unscrupulous life insurance sales practices. Legislators in those states are taking aim at stranger-originated life insurance, the practice of
June 01, 2008
New report names most useful baby boomer WebsitesAs boomer advisors know, anyone can crunch numbers and develop a retirement plan. It's superior service and the added-value you bring that truly separates you,...
June 01, 2008
How to Sell Financial Services to Gen YWhat are you doing to attract more business? Are you simply going after the same clients and getting the same results? There's a whole population of consumers out there waiting for your services that you probably haven't even tapped into
June 01, 2008
Editorial Comment: The last big change in 401(k)? No wayIf you think that automatic enrollment available inside of defined contribution plans is the last big change you'll see in these plans for the foreseeable future, think again.
June 01, 2008
VUL product offers guaranteesDeath benefit protection and cash accumulation potential. Two of the biggest reasons many people look to permanent life insurance products to solve so many of their financial planning problems. Nationwide Financial has entered the variable universal
June 01, 2008
What is the next big purchase you're planning on making?We might plan a big trip. My wife's always been after me to go to Alaska; last year we rented a condo on the Gulf shore for the month of January. We might also think about buying a car. And if we had to downsize to a new home so...
June 01, 2008
Annuity features added as boomer retirement nearsIt's good to see the message is getting out in the mainstream press. The Chicago Tribune reports that annuity providers are racing to add even...
June 01, 2008
The new kid in townIt's hard enough to build name recognition in an area where you've lived for years - imagine the challenge after moving 1,500 miles to a community where no one knows you. Katy Cushman, President of Cushman Insurance Solutions of Fayetteville, Ark.,