Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Hybrid Securities Dust-Up Continues
By Jim ConnollyLife insurers are continuing to press for different treatment of hybrid securities by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and claiming that failure to do ...
June 25, 2006
Study Finds Retirements Of Boomers, Gen-Xers At RiskAlthough most of today's retirees are financially secure, they may be living in a golden age that baby boomers and generation Xers largely won't enjoy ...
June 25, 2006
Hybrid Securities Dust-Up ContinuesLife insurers are continuing to press for different treatment of hybrid securities by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and claiming that failure to do ...
June 25, 2006
1Q VA Sales Just Shy Of RecordIn the 1st quarter of 2006, new sales of variable annuities at $37.6 billion fell just short of their all-time high.The 1st quarter total was ...
June 25, 2006
Addressing Advisor Liability In The Older Age MarketProfessionals who work with older-aged clients face challenges not typically encountered in other markets.Developments in the secondary life insurance market--also known as the life settlement ...
June 25, 2006
Contentious Estate Tax Bill Passes In HouseIn a 269-156 vote on June 22, the House passed compromise legislation "reforming" the federal estate tax system at a cost far exceeding the exemption ...
June 25, 2006
Sununu Says House Will Soon Introduce OFC BillBipartisan legislation calling for creation of an optional federal charter will soon be introduced in the House, one of the sponsors of such legislation in ...
June 25, 2006
Voluntary Life Can Fill Post-Retirement VoidBaby boomers have been accumulating assets for decades, building nest eggs so they can enjoy their retirement years. But benefits advisors have to remember that ...