Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
More Than (Just) Money
By Gil Weinreich, Gil WeinreichInheritance can be a sensitive issue, primarily for clients of course but also for their advisors. For clients, there may be the shock of death,...
February 29, 2008
GAO Questions Value Of Medicare Advantage SubsidiesIf Congress wants to focus mainly on helping low-income Medicare beneficiaries, it should consider giving them direct subsidies rather than maintaining current Medicare Advantage program ...
February 29, 2008
Is your ethics edge getting dull?You're ethical, right? You do thorough fact-finding with clients. You recommend only suitable products. You believe in full disclosure. And since you do these things, your clients believe you are ethical. So what's the problem? The problem is
February 29, 2008
Burn your boat!I believe that the great NFL Hall of Fame coach Vince Lombardi had it right when he said, "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor." Do you agree with
February 29, 2008
Teach your children well"Hindsight is always 20-20."~ Billy Wilder The idea of time travel has fascinated man for centuries. No doubt, the invention and use of such a machine would significantly alter the course of history. But imagine the potential personal
February 29, 2008
The downside of LTC self-insuranceQ. I work with a wealthy clientele and when I mention LTCI insurance to them, many of them reply that they have plenty of money and can afford to self-insure the risk. Can you suggest some ways to counter that objection? A. This is a common
February 29, 2008
The power listFor our first annual Life Insurance Power List, the staff at Senior Market Advisor shook the bushes, so to speak, to find five key individuals, people who have helped shape, and continue to finely tune, the industry. We relied on our own experie
February 29, 2008
ING Offers Spanish-Language Customer ServiceA carrier is trying to do more to communicate with Hispanic customers.The U.S. operations of ING Groep N.V., Amsterdam, have introduced a Spanish-language option for ...