Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Mental Health Parity Bill Gets Subcommittee Nod
By Matt BradyA House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee gave its approval to mental health parity legislation despite concerns from some republicans that the bill is inferior to ...
October 14, 2007
Full Disclosure Universal Life ReportThe most recent review of universal and indexed universal life in Full Disclosure features 115 policies, including 33 indexed varieties. To accommodate as much information ...
October 14, 2007
Life Insurance Premiums To Drop Or Stay Level Next Year: I.I.I.Now is an ideal time for consumers to buy or increase their life insurance, an Insurance Information Institute report suggests.Rates for term life insurance are ...
October 14, 2007
Leveraging Split-Family Split-Dollar Life Insurance PlansDue to death or divorce, second marriages and new family structures are commonplace in today's society. Second families raise critical financial, inheritance, and estate planning ...
October 14, 2007
Leveraging The Multiple Tax Advantaged TrustIn 2001, the U.S. Congress passed the Economic Growth Tax Reconciliation and Recovery Act, which contained provisions to eliminate the federal estate tax code and ...
October 14, 2007
Private Financing Arrangements Can Provide Flexibility For ClientsLife insurance has long been a tool used to increase one's ability to transfer wealth from one generation to the next. One strategy used often ...
October 12, 2007
GAO: Shift To Principles Might Be A Mixed BagTop financial services experts say shifting to a principles-based approach to regulation could cause problems.Yvonne Jones, a director at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, writes ...
October 12, 2007
GAO: Shift To Principles Might Be A Mixed BagTop financial services experts say shifting to a principles-based approach to regulation could cause problems.Yvonne Jones, a director at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, writes ...