Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
$100M Pension Scam Run by Ex-Con Hit With Lawsuits
By Melanie WaddellAn "eager and complicit network" of brokers and advisors made the scam possible, said attorney Joseph Peiffer.
August 23, 2018
Insurers Report Mixed Preneed Product ResultsSales of preneed life and preneed annuities moved in different directions, according to the Life Insurers Council.
August 23, 2018
Munich Re-Backed Web Startup Moves Into More StatesThe company says it can now sell coverage in 32 states.
August 23, 2018
The Foreign Nationals Life Market Is Getting BiggerAs Life Insurance Awareness Month nears, a veteran broker talks about a sector where the climate has improved.
August 22, 2018
Allianz Unit Analyst Worries About the End of Easy MoneyMarc Seidner sees a 70% chance higher rates will push the world economy into a recession.
August 22, 2018
Bump in Japanese Government Bond Yields Leaves Life Insurers Wanting MoreA small, brief increase in rates did little to attract assets back home.
August 22, 2018
The Feds Have About 40 Financial Ed Websites. Steven Mnuchin Hates ThatAt the hearing where that came out, a Prudential executive said his company's in-house financial wellness program helped a lot.
August 22, 2018
Funerals Are Becoming One Last Extravagant Display of WealthYou can't take it with you, but you can go out in a gold-plated coffin.