Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Aetna Soups Up Group Life Features
By Staff WriterA large insurer is trying to increase the value of group term life insurance for employees who want to stay healthy and live long lives.Aetna ...
May 14, 2006
Corporate Charitable Planning Can Save A Bundle In TaxesCharitable planning has long been a tool of the trade for advisors looking to reduce high-net-worth clients' income and estate tax obligations. What few of ...
May 14, 2006
DI Riders Offer Market Expansion OpportunityMuch has been published on the need for protection against a disabling injury or illness--and for good reason.Over the past year or so, there has ...
May 14, 2006
Innovating With Riders For Participating Life PoliciesThe other day, a mutual company actuary posed a number of questions to me regarding the pricing of participating (i.e., dividend-paying) life insurance products. This ...
May 14, 2006
DI Riders Offer Market Expansion OpportunityMuch has been published on the need for protection against a disabling injury or illness--and for good reason.Over the past year or so, there has ...
May 14, 2006
Pitfalls Of Probate AvoidanceFor years, financial planners and advisors have preached the creed of "avoiding probate." In their efforts to avoid probate at all costs, planners sometimes overlook ...
May 14, 2006
Prospects Looking Dimmer For Association Health Plan BillA climactic vote on legislation that would create "association health plans" was nearing in the Senate at press time, with most congressional staffers and industry ...
May 14, 2006
Innovating With Riders For Participating Life PoliciesThe other day, a mutual company actuary posed a number of questions to me regarding the pricing of participating (i.e., dividend-paying) life insurance products. This ...