Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
MIB: Buyers Submit Fewer Applications
By Staff WriterU.S. life insurers may have received fewer requests for individual coverage in January.The MIB Group Inc., Westwood, Mass., says U.S. life insurers checked 6.9% fewer ...
March 02, 2007
Earnings: AIG, MassMutual, OthersAmerican International Group Inc. says profits increased for the entire company and worldwide life and retirement operations during the fourth quarter of 2006 despite softness ...
March 02, 2007
Personnel Changes: Sun Life, Principal, OthersSun Life Financial Inc. has promoted Richard McKenney to executive vice president and chief financial officer.McKenney has been an executive at Sun Life, Toronto, since ...
March 01, 2007
Ask the right questions, offer the right policyFor many of today's life insurance experts, we entered the business when there were basically two common options for life insurance: term and whole life. Term was analogous to renting new office space while whole was equivalent to buying the
March 01, 2007
10 things I wish I had saidMost of us never want to think about the loss of a parent, even when it is expected. When my dad passed away last year at the age of 86, it was a painful journey for him and his three sons, but only in the last remaining year of his...
March 01, 2007
When life insurance is good tax policyIt is with a sense of foreboding that most Americans circle April 15 in red ink on their calendars. But for advisors with senior clients for whom estate planning and overall tax minimization are top priorities, tax day is just another spring day.
March 01, 2007
AHIP Urges Congress To Protect Private Medicare PlansMedicare Advantage managed care plans and private fee-for-service plans may appear to cost more than traditional Medicare plans, but that's because they provide much better ...
March 01, 2007
Empire State Says Health Coverage Is Board Member CompPaying for medical insurance for board members of 2 New York state public agencies is illegal, a top state official says.A 1992 law forbids the ...