Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Expense, Lapse Ratios Remain Steady
By Jim ConnollyLife insurers seemed to hold their own in 2005 when it came to toeing the line on insurance operating expenses and lapses.Insurance expenses inched up ...
November 12, 2006
VL/VUL Design ObjectivesAIG American General Life Platinum Investor VIPFlexibility; low premium to endow; cash accumulation; maximum retirement income; guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit; rolling targets, guaranteed coverage to ...
November 12, 2006
Democratic Sweep Reshapes Congressional LandscapeDemocratic control of the next Congress could mean that the life insurance industry agenda will fare better than it has under the last 6 years ...
November 12, 2006
Income Distribution Future: Bundling Products, RidersWhat will be the cutting edge product of 2007? Rather than a particular product or rider, the real excitement will be bundling different products and ...
November 12, 2006
VL/VUL Design ObjectivesAIG American General Life Platinum Investor VIPFlexibility; low premium to endow; cash accumulation; maximum retirement income; guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit; rolling targets, guaranteed coverage to ...
November 12, 2006
Underwriting Reporting: A Common Ground For Insurers, Settlement FirmsThe life insurance and life settlement industries have been at odds with each other for quite some time now. This is understandable but unfortunate.A better ...
November 12, 2006
Democratic Sweep Reshapes Congressional LandscapeDemocratic control of the next Congress could mean that the life insurance industry agenda will fare better than it has under the last 6 years ...
November 10, 2006
Dingell May Seek Jurisdiction Over InsuranceThe fate of federal insurance regulatory proposals could depend partly on how House Democrats decide to structure their committees.Congress watchers usually assume that the most ...