Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Peripheral Vascular Disease: What Advisors Need To Know
By Elizabeth V. CammarotaSome life insurance applicants have a history of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) or symptoms of that disease. What should the advisor know about this disease, ...
October 29, 2006
New NAIC Viatical Model DraftLife insurers, life settlement companies and consumer representatives are gathering their thoughts on the most recent draft of the Viatical Settlements Model Act, which updates ...
October 29, 2006
A Tabloid Drama Unfolds (Outside of Probate Court)It's not often that one gets to turn back the clock. But this rarest of privileges was afforded to a hypothetical business owner whose business ...
October 29, 2006
Prostate Cancer Is Not An Automatic Reason For A DeclineThis year alone, 234,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, Santa Monica, Calif. Nearly 10% will succumb to ...
October 29, 2006
New NAIC Viatical Model DraftLife insurers, life settlement companies and consumer representatives are gathering their thoughts on the most recent draft of the Viatical Settlements Model Act, which updates ...
October 29, 2006
The Future Looks Big ForThe life settlements market is growing at a significant rate, but it is difficult at present for anyone to say much beyond that.Because the market ...
October 29, 2006
Congress Shows Bipartisan Interest In McCarranStrong bipartisan interest is emerging in Congress to re-examine the insurance industry's antitrust exemption through the McCarran-Ferguson Act.The interest, voiced recently in both houses of ...
October 28, 2006
Shopping Impaired Risk Products: Where To Go From Here?Shopping impaired risk cases--i.e., searching the life insurance market for the best product, company, rate, etc. for the situation--requires more sophisticated skills than ever, say brokerage general agents.