Life Insurance
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NAIC Postpones Mortality Table Split
By Jim ConnollyInsurance regulators want to hear from actuaries before deciding whether to split the existing mortality table into preferred and non-preferred mortality categories.Members of the Life ...
August 13, 2006
VA Reserving Draft Is Not PBA-Friendly, Insurers ContendLife insurers and actuaries are raising concerns that a current version of a draft guideline establishing reserves for variable annuities with guarantees can no longer ...
August 13, 2006
At The Older Ages, A Sinister TrioWe have come to appreciate many risk factors for excess mortality at ages 65 and over. Some are the same as those in younger people, ...
August 13, 2006
NAIC Postpones Mortality Table SplitInsurance regulators want to hear from actuaries before deciding whether to split the existing mortality table into preferred and non-preferred mortality categories.Members of the Life ...
August 13, 2006
About Full Disclosure And Blease ResearchFull Disclosure is a policy comparison and evaluation software series designed for brokers, agents, financial planners and advisors active in upper market life insurance sales. ...
August 13, 2006
Exploit The Protection Side Of The Retirement NeedThe first baby boomers have reached their 60th birthday. Coincident with this, they are thinking more and more about retirement and post-retirement concerns.The resulting 20-year-plus ...
August 13, 2006
Rethinking Tobacco Use In Life UnderwritingLife insurers began pricing for cigarette smoking in the late 1970s.In the intervening years, four iterations evolved in the approach to tobacco use in underwriting:1. ...
August 13, 2006
Full Disclosure Survivorship Life ReportThe prime reason for survivorship life is to provide liquid funds at the death of a surviving member of a couple, usually to pay the ...