Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Bridging The Income Protection Gap At Smaller Companies
By Matthew GottfriedSmall and midsize businesses may be the growth engine of the U.S. economy, but at companies that have failed to implement income protection programs, a ...
March 12, 2007
Beaver State Fines Medical InsurersThe Oregon Insurance Division has imposed $70,000 in fines on 2 health carriers.Oregon officials say Time Insurance Company, Milwaukee, and John Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, ...
March 11, 2007
Claims Specialist Calls For Informal SolutionsBonita Springs, Fla.Insurers, producers and regulators should find ways to streamline the disability insurance claims process without creating more red tape, according to a veteran ...
March 11, 2007
Unum President Says Company Can Stand On Its OwnBonita Springs, Fla.No public company can dismiss the idea of being acquired out of hand, but Unum President Thomas Watjen says his company is doing ...
March 11, 2007
Engineering An Estate Plan For A House DividedDeveloping an estate plan that is satisfactory to all parties is challenging enough when family members are divided over the rights to assets.
March 11, 2007
Leveraging The Estate Plan With Long Term Care InsuranceWhich of the following is better for your client? Option 1 calls for saving $150,000 in estate taxes today by giving $340,000 to the client's ...
March 11, 2007
Helping Clients Choose A TrusteeMore financial advisors are turning to trusts to help their clients keep their assets intact and under the advisor's management umbrella.Trusts have come into wide ...
March 11, 2007
Variable Life Sales In 2006 Dipped 2.6% From 2005Variable life insurance sales with single premiums included at 10% for the 40 companies reporting in the VALUE survey for the 4th quarter of 2006 ...