Life Insurance
Life insurance news and analysis, with coverage of life insurance market trends, and of life insurance regulatory, compliance and legislative issues .
The mystery Madoff victims who left $2.5 billion on the table
By Erik LarsonOffshore feeder funds account for part of the mystery and experts speculate some customers sought to avoid scrutiny.
March 04, 2016
Eye on sale of a crown jewel: MetLife’s Premier Client GroupMassMutual's acquisition of MetLife's retail distribution arm brings into stark relief regulators' growing impact on agents and insurers.
March 04, 2016
4 tips for surfing the barrel: How to turn disruption into opportunityThe wave of change does not have to be bad ... and that goes for all advisors, including life insurance agents.
March 04, 2016
Dollar rises as U.S. jobs growth rekindles Fed rate rise wagersExceeding forecasts, jobs growth in the U.S. supports the case for Federal Reserve interest rate increases this year.
March 03, 2016
Brokers behaving badlyStudy says: Bad brokers dont leave the business; they just move on to a different firm.
March 03, 2016
Why feeling old is dangerousIf you feel old, you should seriously consider trying to feel young before you end up in the hospital.
March 03, 2016
5 key pitfalls of retirement planning toolsSome publicly available retirement planning tools might not be helping users. In fact, there are five primary drawbacks to using such tools, researchers say.
March 03, 2016
FCA: Life insurers treated long-term customers poorlyThe FCA probe has been a delicate subject since a regulator briefed a newspaper about the life insurance review in 2014.