Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Fitch Wants Insurers to Post More LTCI Performance Data
By Allison BellThe rating agency expects to see many significant LTCI reserve increases over the next 18 months.
July 26, 2018
Nigerian Insurance Regulator Triples Capital RequirementA life insurer now needs $16.6 million to offer annuities or group life.
July 26, 2018
Ameriprise Execs Describe Ideal Annuity and LTCI SuitorsBoth types of buyers have to offer good returns. An LTCI buyer also has to offer contingency protections.
July 26, 2018
Supreme Court Ruling to Shake Up Social Security Disability Claim SystemThe shift could affect private disability insurers' efforts to get claimants onto SSDI.
July 26, 2018
Why Taking Small Steps Can Make a Big DifferenceUsing a short-term business plan, or micro strategy, can make it much easier for you to accomplish the long-term goal of your advisory practice.
July 24, 2018
Goldman Says S&P 500 Firms Added $63 Billion to Defined-Benefit Pensions in 2017Companies added $63 billion last year, and they could add another $60 billion this year.
July 24, 2018
Should You Worry About an Inverted Yield Curve?Experts differ, including former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke and Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi.
July 24, 2018
3 Ways U.S. Households' Life and Annuity Use Looks WeirdWhen economists look at what you do, and don't, sell, they get confused.