Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Life Product Aims At Families
By Staff WriterA life insurer has come out with a term life insurance policy designed to appeal to young parents.New York Life Insurance Company, New York, says ...
September 05, 2006
Contract Feature Can Protect Against DepletionAn insurer has introduced a new single-premium equity indexed annuity.The Wellesley, Mass., U.S. arm of Sun Life Financial Inc., Toronto, says the new SunDex Advantage ...
September 05, 2006
Contract Feature Can Protect Against DepletionAn insurer has introduced a new single-premium equity indexed annuity.The Wellesley, Mass., U.S. arm of Sun Life Financial Inc., Toronto, says the new SunDex Advantage ...
September 03, 2006
Scaring Clients Doesn't Work"Fear-mongering comes from people who are trying to push a product or packaged solution," contends Richard L. Akins, a financial planner with LPL Financial Services in Portland, Ore.
September 03, 2006
Are Variable Immediate Annuities Obsolete?The minimum guaranteed withdrawal benefit for life on variable annuities is often mentioned as a logical solution to a customer's income needs.Also called the life ...
September 03, 2006
Regulators Advance Several IssuesRegulators adopted motions on several issues including an interim solution on reserving for universal life products, release of a draft on life settlement guidelines, and ...
September 03, 2006
NAIFA CEO Woods To Retire Next YearDavid F. Woods, CEO of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, said he plans to step down next August after completing work on ...
September 03, 2006
Fixed Annuity Sales Continue To Sag: LIMRAThe challenging environment for fixed annuity manufacturers continued in the first half of 2006, as sales decreased, persistency worsened, and assets under management remained flat.Fixed ...