Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
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By staff WriterLife insurance is an essential but difficult-to-talk-about part of adult life. Whether it's the prospect of one's own mortality or something else to pay for that keeps people from considering it, a life insurance policy is something that most people
April 18, 2008
Industry vet takes awardSuccessful. Giving. Caring. Giving. Those are the words that come to the fore when reading the biography of Phillip C. Richards, CLU, CFP, RHU. Now we'll get to see if patient is on the list. Richards, chairman and CEO of the North Star Resource
April 18, 2008
Bank life insurance sales growSales growth fuels individual advisors' practices and large organizations' success. Banks are experiencing growth right now in life insurance sales. For the second consecutive year, the typical bank increased new life sales revenue by nearly 15
April 18, 2008
Seniors warned about life settlementsNASD's recent life settlement investor alert is both bad news and good news for advisors who do these transactions. The bad news: The alert may discourage seniors from considering the benefits of selling their life policy. The good: It may lead to
April 18, 2008
MDRT reveals production requirementsA seat at the table. That's what professionals in the insurance industry seek every year. It's an indication of top performance, of serving the public well, of being in the upper echelon among peers. The Million Dollar Round Table establishes
April 18, 2008
Life premium up in 2006Signs of life emerged in the U.S. life insurance market, as individual life premium rose 7 percent in new annualized premium in 2006. That increase is the largest since 2000, according to LIMRA International. Total face amount sold went up by 4
April 18, 2008
The best-kept secretThe life settlement industry is getting a lot of welldeserved attention these days, but the focus has been one-sided. Everyone, it seems, is looking for agents and brokers who have clients with unwanted life insurance policies to sell. But let me
April 18, 2008
Kanjorski Files Insurance Office BillRep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., followed through on an earlier announcement Thursday and introduced a bill that would set up an Office of Insurance Information inside ...