Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Gift keeps giving
By staff WriterIt has been said that a membership to the fruit of the month club is the gift that keeps on giving, and to an extent that's true. Now there is an insurance product that allows grandparents to give the gift that keeps giving even after they pass on.
April 16, 2008
Do you now or have you ever had disability insurance? What are your thoughts about disability policies?I'm living on disability right now, even though I'm still relatively young. I never thought I would need a disability policy, especially since I had an office job, so I never thought about buying it. I was in a pretty serious car accident that
April 16, 2008
Tough times await the "Sandwich Generation"As people around the planet live longer, extended families that include grandparents and even great-grandparents are becoming more common. These older adults are often cared for by their adult children, many of whom are baby boomers and are facing
April 16, 2008
Service offers expedited underwritingThe Phoenix Companies Inc. has introduced Phoenix Concierge, an approach to underwriting life insurance that shortens the time from application to policy issuance and improves the overall experience for customers and advisors. Addressing the
April 16, 2008
Regulators zero in on zero premium lifeRegulators in Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina have warned agents to be careful when recommending so-called zero premium life transactions - or those with names such as "Estate Maximization" or "No-Cost-to-the-Insured" policies. These are
April 16, 2008
September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. When was the last time you purchased, made changes to or otherwise reviewed your life insurance coverage?"We just bought a bigger life insurance policy maybe four months ago."
April 16, 2008
Sunshine State Lawmakers OK Limited-Benefit Plan BillMembers of the Florida Senate voted 39-0 today to pass S. 2534, a bill that would let a state agency negotiate with carriers to provide ...
April 16, 2008
Mutual Of Omaha To Base RMS In OmahaA Midwestern insurer is expanding and realigning the sales force of a newly acquired retirement products wholesale firm.Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Omaha, Neb., says ...