Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
The Flexible Product that Lasts a Lifetime
By Warren S. Hersch"What clients are looking for today is flexibility," says Meridee Maynard. "This is the million dollar word now. While we all know about life insurance and the death benefit it provides, the thing to start focusing on again is the living benefits."
November 05, 2006
Funds Could Edge Out InsurersDeclaring that insurers let the mutual fund industry take the 401(k) market away from them, the top executive of Oppenheimer Funds Inc. thinks they could ...
November 05, 2006
Transferring the Business Using a Cross-Endorsement Buy-Sell PlanMany closely held businesses do not make formal plans to transition the business in the event of the premature death of a business owner, the ...
November 05, 2006
For An Exciting New Opportunity, Consider Income PlanningOne of the most exciting opportunities for insurance professionals is in retirement income planning. There are at least 3 reasons for this:? Demand is increasing ...
November 05, 2006
Strong Incentives Attract Strong Producers: AXA HeadAXA president and CEO Christopher M. Condron says his company emphasizes compensation to help it recruit agents likely to be productive."I think compensation drives all ...
November 05, 2006
Analyst Projects Strong Growth for VAsThe good news is that people are living longer, but that's also the bad news, industry analyst Colin Devine told participants at last week's LIMRA ...
November 05, 2006
Building Your Practice in the Education BusinessWe're all in the education business, no matter what our product is.That is to say, our clients need to be continually taught the reasons for ...
November 05, 2006
A Cultural Shift: Multilingual Producers Go IndependentMore than a decade ago, the life insurance industry experienced a seismic shift as many career agents made the transition to become independent producers. Today, ...