Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Building Flexibility Into Estate Plans Using The Life Swap
By Janice A. ForgaysFlexibility in the tax planning of high net worth individuals is extremely important. When engaged in personal estate planning, these individuals express reluctance to tie ...
June 10, 2007
To Cut Health Claims, Wean Employees Off Popular Brand-Name DrugsSpending on prescription drugs has become the fastest growing component of health care expenditures today, rising more quickly than the cost of hospital or physician ...
June 10, 2007
Exercise Incentive Study Appears As Clubs Push For Tax BillsNew results from a fitness incentive program study could help health clubs lobby for tax breaks in Washington.The International Health, Racquet & Sports Club Association, ...
June 10, 2007
Supreme Court Backs Insurers In Credit Scoring CaseThe U.S. Supreme Court on June 4 unanimously backed the disclosure policies that 2 insurers follow when they use credit reports to assign a consumer ...
June 10, 2007
Record Shareholder Dividends Depressed Surplus Growth In 2006One hundred companies, comprising 85% of life insurance industry assets, paid a record $21.6 billion in shareholder dividends in 2006, according to data from Insurance ...
June 10, 2007
Seeing Whole Life In A New LightConsumers are continually seeking new and better ways to prepare themselves and their loved ones for a solid financial future. That's why they often give ...
June 10, 2007
Using Life Insurance In A Qualified Plan To Fund A Client's Buy-Sell PlanIt's a common dilemma faced by business owners: They know they need to fund their business continuation plan, but too often that critical final element ...
June 10, 2007
A Wave Of Class Action Lawsuits Over 401(k) Plan Fees Has BegunOver the past few years, there has been a plethora of litigation regarding tax-qualified retirement plans that invested in or permitted participants to invest in ...