Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Unkefer & Associates' Christmas celebration
By Staff WriterThirty-four people gathered together with Unkefer & Associates employees in December to join in a Christmas celebration and mark a company milestone of topping $3 billion in annuity and life insurance sales. The event was held atop the tallest
April 10, 2008
Bullet proof your businessQuick sales are not the preferred outcome today with increasing post-investment-stress litigation. The preferred outcome - sales that continue to satisfy clients while building loyalty.We are all participants in the great financial game called Life.
April 10, 2008
Medical underwriting and life expectancy estimatesWhen confronting one's own mortality, the average person is usually in denial. Armand Hammer, a well known industrialist and geo-political power broker, worked right up to the day he died at age 96. In fact, six months prior to his death, he had
April 10, 2008
New global equity funds availableSafety is the name of the game when it comes to preserving seniors' money. But not all seniors are created equal. Some still want the thrill the uncertainty of the market offers - at least with some of their money. Principal Funds recognizes that,
April 10, 2008
How satisfied are you with the level of services you receive from Medicare?I don't have Medicare, but my elderly mother does. She's going on her third spinal surgery, and we're having trouble getting Medicare to cover it. Obviously, she lives on a very limited fixed income, and the cost of these procedures is so high that
April 10, 2008
How well are you financially prepared if a catastrophic event were to occur tomorrow?If you mean if I died tomorrow, then yes. Both my wife and I have life insurance, so if something bad did happen, I know she would be taken care of." - David C., 59Wantagh, N.Y. That's a scary question. I would hope so, but it would depend on a
April 10, 2008
Term life plans introducedLife insurance isn't always at the top of people's list of priorities. Many would rather visit the dentist and forgo the painkillers. Mutual of Omaha has tried to make an advisor's job easier by introducing four term life plans to make
April 10, 2008
Americans postponing retirementResearch from the Employee Benefits Research Institute points to an increase in the age of the workforce, which is not a surprise to many. EBRI says 38 percent of Americans older than age 55 are in the workforce, up from 29 percent in the 1993. In