Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Advisor philosophy trumps everything else
By Adam CufrReal Returns: Does your practice reflect your professional philosophy and unique voice? If not, it should.
May 25, 2016
Riches from nichesStanding out as an advisor is no easy task in an increasingly competitive market. Here's how to break away from the pack.
May 25, 2016
Workers get a little more of the income pieThe recent rise in the labor market looks pretty gentle, but part of that is due to population aging, especially with the retirement of boomers.
May 25, 2016
DOL’s Best Interest Standard May Be Tougher Than It LooksThere were a number of excellent comments to my last blog, including a tome-like tutorial by Ron Rhoades on best interest and sole interest standards.
May 25, 2016
Little-known, AAA-rated firms are beating the insurance giantsShareholder activism can be a handicap in $4 trillion market as the rise of short-termism pressures MetLife, Prudential and AIG.
May 25, 2016
Little-known, AAA-rated firms are beating the insurance giantsShareholder activism can be a handicap in $4 trillion market as the rise of short-termism pressures MetLife, Prudential and AIG.
May 25, 2016
The Fed's amazing self-fulfilling forecastThe Federal Reserves track record of economic forecasting is a lot better than many observers recognize.
May 25, 2016
S&P 500 futures rise on optimism economy can handle higher ratesThe Federal Reserve Board could have room to maneuver after all.