Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Official: Regulatory System Hurts Us Overseas
By Matt BradyOfficials at the Treasury Department are not yet sure how they want the insurance regulatory system to change, but they believe there is wide agreement ...
August 03, 2006
Insurer Settles Military Sales CaseA life insurance company has reached an agreement with state and federal regulators in connection with allegations of improper sales of life insurance products on ...
August 02, 2006
Frist Calls For Prompt Action On Trifecta BillSenate Majority Leader William Frist, R-Tenn., says his colleagues must pass H.R. 5970 quickly.H.R. 5970, the "trifecta" bill, includes provisions that would eliminate federal estate ...
August 02, 2006
Insurers Reduce CostsWhen Raymond James Financial announced earlier this year that it would require insurance companies who provide annuities through Raymond James advisors to make their product offerings simpler and less costly to investors, and volunteered to take less in commissions to enable the insurance companies to reduce costs to clients, it...
August 02, 2006
National Life introduces whole life productNational Life Insurance Co. introduced a new generation whole life insurance products called NL LifeBuilder. It combines the flexibility of universal life contracts with the guarantees of traditional whole life. "With NL LifeBuilder, consumers
August 02, 2006
CDHPs Can Open Opportunities For STD Sales, Study SuggestsThe growth of high-deductible health care plans increases opportunities for sales of short term disability insurance in the workplace, a new MetLife Inc. study suggests."The ...
August 02, 2006
Planning to Jettison Your 'C' and 'D' Clients? Think TwiceConventional wisdom has long held that advisors have to focus their practices around their most profitable clients if they're to enjoy success. Why, experts ask, ...
August 02, 2006
Planning to Jettison Your 'C' and 'D' Clients? Think TwiceConventional wisdom has long held that advisors have to focus their practices around their most profitable clients if they're to enjoy success. Why, experts ask, ...