Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
Financial Planning Industry Headed in 'Right Direction,' Longtime Planner Says
By Jane Wollman RusoffPaula Hogan has been doing life-cycle planning for decades. Now, she says, the industry is catching up.
June 20, 2023
Swiss Re Risk Watchers Wonder About Injectable Weight-Loss DrugsA team at the reinsurer suggests that side effects could hurt people's health.
June 20, 2023
Clients Tilt Toward Pre-Need Plans for End-of-Life ProtectionSales of final expense life insurance fell.
June 20, 2023
Life Settlements and Premium FinancingIf clients want to exit from past policy-buying mistakes: Here's a door.
June 15, 2023
Group to Test Effort to Help Children Who Have Lost ParentsOne obstacle is finding a legal way to offer the children help.
June 15, 2023
Social Security Benefits Targeted for Cuts by House ConservativesThe proposal by the 176-member House Republican Study Committee would gradually increase the retirement age.
June 14, 2023
Millennials and Gen Z Are Buying InsuranceSome have canceled coverage recently, but more want to buy policies soon.
June 13, 2023
For Clients in Their 70s, Mortality Was Still High in Q4The total claim count looked better, but not as low as it was during a 2021 COVID-19 lull.