Life Insurance
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Life insurance sales growth a priority for banks, credit unions
By The LifeHealthPro EditorsThree in four banks predict that recurring premium life insurance products will be a much larger part of sales.
May 16, 2016
Flagging good life settlement prospects: your 6-point guideEach life insurance policy is uniquely valuable property and much careful analysis should be done before letting it go.
May 16, 2016
How to gauge the income tax consequences of an annuity transactionEach of these 15 common annuity transactions has a different income tax implication.
May 16, 2016
JPMorgan joins chorus of banks cutting Treasury yield forecastsStrategists across Wall Street have been paring back 2016 calls on benchmark Treasury yields, as expectations for global economic growth decline.
May 16, 2016
How Canada may cope with negative rates: cash boxes, waived feesBank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz says the bar is high for an overhaul of the central bank's inflation targeting system.
May 15, 2016
Yield grab pushes U.S. Treasuries curve to flattest since 2007Insurers that were hoping longer-term bonds could boost their yields may be out of luck.
May 15, 2016
Transamerica sued by policyholders over rate hikesUniversal life insurance policyholders behind a multimillion-dollar class action are asking a Miami federal judge to stop Transamerica Life Insurance Co. from drastically raising their monthly charges.
May 13, 2016
Yellen doesn't rule out negative rates in letter to CongressmanYellen notes in the letter that many economic downturns have not necessitated extraordinary monetary policy tools.