Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Supreme Court Backs Insurers In Credit Scoring Case
By Arthur D. PostalThe 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
Building Flexibility Into Estate Plans Using The Life SwapFlexibility 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
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
Budget Resolution Provides Stronger Feel For Estate Tax FutureWhile still subject to change, congressional action last month signaling reform, not repeal, of the estate tax "is strong enough to give some indication as ...
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
It's Time To Offer The Mid-Market Simpler Life Products: Thresher"We need to get the sales momentum back," says Nationwide Financial President and Chief Operating Officer Mark R. Thresher.He is referring to sales of life ...
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
Insurers Assess Draft Paper From International Accounting Standards BoardInsurers are assessing how a recent public comment draft paper on insurance contracts issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, London, will impact the insurance ...