Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Insurers Ask NAIC For More Transparency
By Staff WriterPolicies of openness and transparency need to be advanced by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, legislators, insurers and consumer advocates urged during the organization's ...
December 02, 2007
Lawmakers Call For STOLI Tax WarningsThe leaders of a House Ways and Means subcommittee have called on the Treasury Department to alert seniors about the potential tax issues caused by ...
December 02, 2007
Spending In Retirement Also Needs To Be Planned ForGetting a handle on spending is important for any household, but for seniors trying to plan regular income in retirement, the issue is particularly important, ...
December 02, 2007
LIMRA Reports Soaring UL And VUL PremiumsStrong sales of corporate-owned life insurance and private placement coverage pumped up U.S. individual life volume during the third quarter.Total annualized premium volume increased 20% ...
December 02, 2007
Interest In Deferred Comp Plans And COLI Remains High: SurveyEmployer-owned life insurance remains overwhelmingly the favored vehicle to fund non-qualified deferred compensation plans among Fortune 1000 companies. And recent federal legislation governing plan design ...
December 02, 2007
LIMRA Reports Soaring UL And VUL PremiumsStrong sales of corporate-owned life insurance and private placement coverage pumped up U.S. individual life volume during the third quarter.Total annualized premium volume increased 20% ...
December 02, 2007
NAIC To Start Review Of DesignationsThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners will begin looking into the use of designations that lull seniors into trusting their financial decisions to advisors who ...
December 02, 2007
Standardized Forms Can Increase LTC Insurance SalesLowering the cycle time and increasing placement rates for selling long term care insurance policies can result in immediate bottom-line impact for brokerage general agencies ...