Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Five Years After
By Olivia MellanIt's hard to believe that five years have passed since the horrific events of September 11, 2001, unfolded before our eyes.
September 01, 2006
Insurance StreamliningInsurers and investors of all stripes are having their day in the sun this summer with action on major legislation, including the streamlining of specialty...
September 01, 2006
News & ProductsA recent report by Hewitt Associates has found that while the majority of employers have been slow to adopt Roth 401(k) plans, a number of...
September 01, 2006
Where Will You Go From Here?Here's a practical yet respectful way to honor those who died five years ago, while recalling and perhaps reviving the resolutions you made then. On Monday...
September 01, 2006
Shelter from the StormTsunami. Hurricane. Earthquake. Civil war. Each is a disaster, with human costs beyond calculating. The destruction of material goods, however, in the form of homes,...
August 31, 2006
Handle objections -- before they come upThe best way to overcome an objection is never to let it surface. How can you do that? Read on. If you're like I was as a young life insurance agent giving pension maximization presentations, you like to hear as few objections as possible. At that
August 31, 2006
ING Offers Spousal Withdrawal BenefitAnother insurer is appealing to the market for retirement income for married couples.The Atlanta-based ING Retail Annuities Group, a unit of ING Groep N.V., Amsterdam, ...