Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
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By Steve PiontekAs I was sitting at my desk last week thinking about what the subject of this column would be, it occurred to me that I ...
September 04, 2005
Annuity/LTC Combos Also Need To Address The 'Frailty Years'The focus of insurance company combination annuity and long term care activities since passage of the Pension Protection Act in August 2006 has focused on ...
September 04, 2005
Get Ready To Manage The Mid-Market's Retirement IncomeRetirement income planning is a necessity for baby boomers, many of whom lack traditional pensions but hope to maintain an active lifestyle for decades.Yet nearly ...
September 04, 2005
Do-It-Yourself Retirement: How Online Programs Can HelpMore and more "do-it-yourself" guides to retirement planning are showing up on the Web. Every now and again, we try one, just to see if ...
September 02, 2005
Reid Asks Frist To Postpone Estate Ta DebateLife insurance executives will face new sales challenges if Congress permanently reduces the estate tax in the coming weeks. [@@]Just a week ago, Senate ...
September 02, 2005
Shapo Says Life Settlement Market Needs Better RulesThe life settlement business is an unsettled territory in need of good regulations.[@@]Nat Shapo, recently named as chief compliance officer for Coventry First L.L.C., ...
September 02, 2005
Displaced Life Industry Members Need HelpMembers of the life and health insurance industry are struggling to accept the all-but-incomprehensible possibility that dozens, or even hundreds, of their colleagues == ...
September 01, 2005
NAILBA Aims Site At AgentsThe National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies has set up a Web site designed to strengthen ties between insurance agents and life brokerage ...