Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
For An Exciting New Opportunity, Consider Income Planning
By Brett W. BergOne 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
The Pension Protection Act of 2006--DB and 412(i) PlansOn August 17, the President signed into law the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Most of the changes in the PPA address the funding and ...
November 05, 2006
The Pension Protection Act of 2006--DB and 412(i) PlansOn August 17, the President signed into law the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Most of the changes in the PPA address the funding and ...
November 05, 2006
Feds Fine-Tune HSA GuidanceEmployers can take many commonsense steps without accidentally turning a health savings account program into an "ERISA plan," but they should be careful about accepting ...
November 05, 2006
The Three Ds of Buy-Sell AgreementsMany closely held businesses have buy-sell agreements in place. However, many of these agreements fall short of adequately covering one or more of the "three ...
November 05, 2006
Adieu, 2008One of the things you learn early-on in journalism is to be very wary of using superlatives or definitives such as "the only," "the first," ...
November 05, 2006
Disability Insurer Agrees To Broker Comp SettlementsNew York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, an Empire State gubernatorial candidate, created some excitement during the week before the general election by announcing a $15.5 ...
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 ...